From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 6 17:22:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA26290 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:22:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA26283 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:22:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA05312; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:22:45 -0700 Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:22:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Timothy P. Sparks" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Release Notes 2.1, Ref Hard Drives/Controllers In-Reply-To: <199606061857.LAA24060@gde.GDEsystems.COM> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Timothy P. Sparks wrote: > I have been reviewing the release notes for 2.1 FreeBSD and I didn't see > any info regarding built-in PCI Enhanced IDE controller. Does FreeBSD > support this. Not a problem. There are some IDE controllers (notably the Promise 2300 series) that flat out don't work, though. Best way is to try. > to dedicate to this system. When I load the boot floppy, neither the hard > drive nor controller are recognized. Am I stuck with going out and buying > a bunch of SCSI hardware or are there options available booting with the > "-c" option to account for the EIDE controller? A prompt reply would be > greatly appreciated. If I'm stuck buying the hardware then I'd like to > do it tonight if possible. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Can we see the boot messages, specifically for the wdc0 device? What controller does this machine have? Is this the machine given above? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major