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Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 23:48:48 +0400
From: Alex Povolotsky <tarkhil@minas-tirith.lms.ru>
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Hello!

I'm trying to set up IDE hard disk and IDE CD-ROM on an aging 486 (yes, time 
to upgrade, I know). Old BIOS seems to know nothing about ATAPI CD-ROMs, so 
when I put CD-ROM on second IDE controller, BIOS fails to find IDE... and 
FreeBSD fails to find wdc1! Well, I could think it's fate, but Bug'95 
recognises CD-ROM in the same condition!

Maybe kernel relates on BIOS too much?

Alex.