Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:00:54 -0800 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@cdrom.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: EIDE controllers Message-ID: <22229.823136454@westhill.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:29:50 MST." <199601312229.PAA17481@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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Nate Williams wrote in message ID <199601312229.PAA17481@rocky.sri.MT.net>: > > I'm looking for an EIDE controller which will work with FreeBSD and > > allow >>500MB drives to be used in a multi-OS boot situation. A > > Promise 2300+ card doesn't work :-( > Any IDE/EIDE controller will work, as *long* as you make sure FreeBSD's > root partition starts/end below the 512MB mark. BZZT The Promise 2300+ won't even allow the kernel to be loaded, no matter what options you enable/disable :-( It fails during the LOADING of the kernel, and FreeBSD doesn't get a look in :-( Gary
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