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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: AMAZING IDE Perf increase with 32 Bit IDE tfers and multi-sector I/O
To: thyerm@satech.net.au (Matthew Thyer)
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 11:45:09 -0500 (EST)
Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, rich@spirit.com.au
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> 
> pitty it doesn't have EIDE mode 4 yet
> 
Many times BIOS's allow you to set the IDE mode.  Or the
BIOS will probe/set the mode for you.  Several of the
Win95 have this same limitation.  (Mode 4 doesn't entail
any changes except an initial set-up.)

John
dyson@freebsd.org