Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 17:51:08 -0500 (CDT) From: Rob Snow <rsnow@lgc.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: "Timothy P. Sparks" <Timothy.Sparks@GDEsystems.COM>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Release Notes 2.1, Ref Hard Drives/Controllers Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.93.960607174711.4450C-100000@dympna> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960606172059.5084H-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Doug White wrote: > 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. Maybe I'm missing something here, do you mean a Promise 2300 on the motherboard or PCI doesn't work (Didn't know there was either one of them)? If so, that is a possibility, however if you mean the Promise 2300 VLB doesn't work I'd beg to differ. (I will assume that reciept of this message will do for validation) > > > 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 > -- Rob Snow Sr. Systems Administrator Landmark Graphics Corporation
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