Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 12:18:07 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> Cc: freebsd@osterskov.dk, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with Compaq SMART-2SL array controller Message-ID: <37EAED6F.2460BC8C@newsguy.com> References: <199909231707.MAA21789@free.pcs>
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Jonathan Lemon wrote: > > For now, you could remove the IDE devices from the config file, > until this gets fixed. Ideally, the boot blocks/loader should be > taught to boot from something other than wd() or da(). Alas, the loader uses BIOS to read the disk. Anything the BIOS can read, so can the loader. The way it _passes_ the information, though, is limited by the kernel. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "Thus, over the years my wife and I have physically diverged. While I have zoomed toward a crusty middle-age, she has instead clung doggedly to the sweet bloom of youth. Naturally I think this unfair. Yet, if it was the other way around, I confess I wouldn't be happy either." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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