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Date:      Wed, 17 Sep 1997 21:44:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Greg Pavelcak <gpavelcak@philos.umass.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: wdc1 not found
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970917214334.5533Z-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970917210932.28296A-100000@emily.oit.umass.edu>

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On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Greg Pavelcak wrote:

> I just bought a M-Tech R534 Mustang mb with Cyrix 200+ processor. I
> already had 2.2.2-Release installed on the hard drive. The problem is
> that FreeBSD can't find the secondary hard disk controller, i.e. I
> always get 
> 
> wcd1: not found at 0x170
> 
> I thought this was a board problem before and had the board replaced,
> but now I have no idea what it is.
> 
> BTW, the BIOS lists a controller at irq 14 when it boots but doesn't
> say anything about a second controller either.

IRQ 14 is used by the first IDE controller. you may just have a cheap box
without a secondary IDE controller.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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