Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 18:54:18 +0100 From: Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@enst.fr> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@iafrica.com> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE CDROM not found with PIIX4 chipset, -current kernel Message-ID: <19990225185418.C846@enst.fr> In-Reply-To: <6798.919960835@axl.noc.iafrica.com>; from Sheldon Hearn on Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 06:40:35PM %2B0200 References: <19990225172614.B846@enst.fr> <6798.919960835@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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On Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 06:40:35PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > I'd have changed the hardware configuration to swap the second disk > > with the CDROM, but I thought it would be much better if it could > > be made to work, since it apparently can... > > Nope, it's almost certainly better to have your random access disks on > two different controllers. Oh yes, I won't try to argue against that since I quite agree. I'll try this once I get tired trying my current config :-). I was just considering that the more configurations that work, the better for FreeBSD's ease of installation/configuration. The problem is bound to happen again since this is a configuration (CDROM by itself on a second IDE controller) currently sold by Dell. Don't ask me why, Dell always tends to make weird choices regarding how they install IDE devices and controllers. I suspect this has to do with this weird, differently abled stuff sold by a major company which lost the source code for it, arrogant enough to call it an OS. -- Pierre Beyssac pb@enst.fr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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