Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:02:11 -0400 From: "Stephen Comoletti" <rugose@www.delanet.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Fw: New install of FreeBSD 2.2.2 on Gateway PC Message-ID: <199709170006.UAA05749@www.delanet.com>
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Small update and another question. The intel udma controller is made actually a Promise Technology Ultra33 IDE. Promise Tech claims not to supprt freebsd or any other unix from the info gateway tech support could provide me. Their only advice was to connect the drive to the motherboard primary ide which freebsd did detect. Question is, will there be any updates to freebsd that will allow detection of the above card? or is it actually compatible now and I have another problem? Gateway tech said the difference from the promise controller and the motherboard ide is as great as 3-1 ratio, a visually noticable speed difference depending on what I use the pc for. I'd rather is the card if at all possible. So far I've checked the cables, the jumpers, and made numerous changes to the bios in an attempt to get it to recognize the card. Any more ideas before I pull it out? Steve ---------- > From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> > To: Stephen Comoletti <rugose@www.delanet.com> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: New install of FreeBSD 2.2.2 on Gateway PC > Date: Tuesday, September 16, 1997 1:56 AM > > On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Stephen Comoletti wrote: > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.2 on a Gateway 2000 pc. My current > > configuration is > > Pentium II/266 > > 64 megs ram > > 6.4gig quantum fireball IDE hd > > Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master UDMA IDE controller > > iomega zip drive > > Mitsumi 12/24x CD > > Ensonique sounscape > > Telepath 56k x2 > > Okay... > > > > > During my attempt to install I discovered that only my zip drive was > > recognized as a valid storage device (as wdc1 on irq 14). > > No, that's the second IDE controller. The zip would have come up as wd2 > in that case. > > > After some talk with a friend we tried various changes to the cmos, > > altering the plug&play settings, disabling the motherboard IDE controller > > which was driving the zip and the CD-ROM both, and manually configuring the > > HD. None worked. > > Hm, I know for a fact that the 82371SB works fine with FreeBSD, I have one > on this Asus board. Verify that the master/slave jumpers are set properly > and the cable is plugged properly on the Quantum. (Quantums are known > rogue drives, unfortunately) > > > Devices connected to the motherboard IDE seemed to be detected fine. The > > Intel controller was not seen at all. wdc0 came up not found in all > > attempts. > > So the Intel is a separate card? Have you tried running the hard disk > directly off the MB IDE controller? > > > Is there any way around this or am I unable to install freebsd at all on > > this system without adding a supported scsi controller/drive or connecting > > another IDE drive to the motherboard IDE? > > You might fiddle with a new cable, checking jumpers, and bringing your > CDROM over onto the same cable as the hard disk. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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