Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 18:07:45 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@cdrom.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: EIDE controllers Message-ID: <199602010107.SAA18175@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <22229.823136454@westhill.cdrom.com> References: <199601312229.PAA17481@rocky.sri.MT.net> <22229.823136454@westhill.cdrom.com>
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> <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. > > 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 :-( Hmm, I don't know then. I've used FreeBSD on my box with EIDE, a laptop with EIDE, and have helped folks install it on theirs. It sounds like a bad controller to me. If we are using standard IDE commands, it shouldn't make *any* difference. Are you *sure* that the BIOS settings are correct and such (heads, cylinders, etc..)? If they are hosed up, you won't load anything since we are using the BIOS to load the kernel, and FreeBSD hasn't even entered the picture yet. Nate
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