Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 13:27:05 -0600 From: David Webster <dwebster@bhmi.com> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Promise Ultra DMA PCI IDE Controller Message-ID: <369A5089.1217CCB4@bhmi.com>
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Have recently downloaded the installation binaries needed for FreeBSD 3.0 RELEASE and have attempted to begin an installation. I am using a Gateway P6-266 (Pentium II - 266Mhz) with 64MB Ram and a Nitro 3D GX video card, Mitsumi 24X ATAPI CD-ROM, and Quantum Fireball 6.4GB Hardrive. The problem I am having is that the primary on-board ISA disk controller is disabled in the BIOS and Gateway has replaced this with a PCI based primary disk controller. The systems only hardrive uses this controller in order to enable the Ultra-DMA performance features (not available via the on-board controller). The CD-ROM uses the onboard secondary controller. I have removed all the conflicting devices in the Kernel via the UserConfig utility, including the ISA base primary controller. On boot, during the hardware discovery phase, the PCI Bus search correctly finds and identifies the Promise UltraDMA disk controller (and all the other PCI based peripherals), however it never finds the attached hardrive. All other components, including the CD-ROM (and the ISA based secondary controller it it attached to) are found. The system then complains there is no disk drive. I am stuck. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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