Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 08:32:31 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: dave@pixelhammer.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding another drive, bios questions Message-ID: <3960337F.92F057FB@i-clue.de> References: <00070214392100.00809@redbird>
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DAve wrote: > > I am at my wits end here trying to add a second drive to my file > server. > > I have a gateway file server, P90 with 32mb ram. FreeBSD is > installed and running just fine. The mother board has two IDE > interfaces, one labled 'pri IDE' the other labled 'PCI IDE'. > > Currently I have the sys drive as master and the CD as slave on the > interface labled 'pri IDE'. I want to put two new drives on the box. > Attempting to use the interface labled 'PCI IDE' gets me nowhere. > > I've tried; > > 1) LBA on/off > 2) AUTO CONFIG on/off (manually set cyl, sec, etc) > 3) new drives set as slave on cable first pos, master on cable end > position, and both as slave. (leaving system disk only set as master > on 'pri IDE' interface) > > I have one other box which the bios never sees the drive yet FBSD > finds it and boots just fine. However FBSD never finds a drive on > this box. > > I have made no changes to the kernel other than to > add these lines as per LINT. > > controller wdc1 at isa? port "IO_WD2" bio irq 15 > disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 0 > > Recompiled and installed, reboot, I get this message from dmesg > "wdc1 not found at 0x170" > > My bios has no place to tell me what IRQ or mem address the IDE > interfaces reside at, or where I can change/add this info. > > How can I tell FBSD where the drives are? > > Any thoughts? Check the BIOS if the second controller is enabled. HTH -Christoph Sold -- i-clue GmbH, Endersbacher Str. 57, D-71334 Waiblingen Fon: (0 71 51) 9 59 01-12, Fax: (0 71 51) 9 59 01-55 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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