From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 2 12:29:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from vitoria.ddsecurity.com.br (vitoria.ddsecurity.com.br [200.18.130.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 402A11541D for ; Tue, 2 Nov 1999 12:29:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grios@ddsecurity.com.br) Received: (qmail 55289 invoked from network); 2 Nov 1999 20:28:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ddsecurity.com.br) (200.236.148.113) by vitoria.ddsecurity.com.br with SMTP; 2 Nov 1999 20:28:04 -0000 Message-ID: <381F491F.63C8FCCA@ddsecurity.com.br> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 18:27:11 -0200 From: Gustavo V G C Rios X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Ovens Cc: James Holtom , Ben Schumacher , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wdc1 problem References: <19991102180309.A317@marder-1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 12:52:32PM +0000, James Holtom wrote: > > On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Gustavo Rios wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 09:44:03PM -0200, Gustavo V G C Rios wrote: > > > > > Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you using a custom kernel with > > > > > > > > > > > > controller wdc1 at isa? port "IO_WD2" bio irq 15 > > > > > > > > > > > > commented out in the config file or have you disabled it via > > > > > > ``boot -c''? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes! > > > > > i am using this line commented out! > > > > > As my dmesg output shows, it is being probed, but it cannot be found: > > > > > > > > > > acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray > > > > > acd0: Medium: CD-ROM 120mm photo disc loaded, unlocked > > > > > wdc1 not found at 0x170 <-- Here (i do have it in > > > > > kernel, don't i?). > > > > > ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 flags 0x40 on isa > > > > > ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode > > > > > > > > > > > > > My apologies, I didn't spot that :( (must get some new glasses) > > > > > > > > OK, is the secondary IDE disabled in your BIOS? I know I can do > > > > that with mine (Award 4.51PGM)/ > > > > > > > > > > No! It's enabled! > > > I can use the hard drive in the secondary IDE from any other OS, like > > > Linux and/or Win98, only freebsd is giving me problem. > > > > > > CAn you help me? > > > > Not personally, except to add an extra voice as suffering exactly the > > same problem. ie FreeBSD cannot see the second controller, but > > Win95[spit] has no problem. (Using an ABIT BH6 rev1.0) > > > > OK, try putting the CD-ROM drive on the secondary channel. The > ATAPI standard includes rules as to allowable configurations. A > common one is that an ATAPI device should not be a slave without > a master. Many systems ship with the CD as the secondary slave but > no secondary master (HD or CD) which causes problems to FreeBSD, > moving the device to the secondary master solves the problem. Just > because Windows supports "illegal" configurations doesn't make them > right. > > So, Gustav, move your CD to the secondary slave with your 2 HDs as > primary and secondary master or put both HDs on the primary channel > and the CD as secondary master. James, if you've only got a CD on > the secondary channel make sure it's jumpered as master, not slave. > .......... Thanks all you! The problem is that using a device in the secondary slave without a prior one in the secondary master violates ATA def. All i did to solve it: jumpe it to master. Things work great here! -- Message of the day: The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message