Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 20:33:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install *actually* friendly Message-ID: <XFMail.980805203341.vev@michvhf.com> In-Reply-To: <199808052151.PAA01734@obie.softweyr.com>
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On 05-Aug-98 Wes Peters wrote:
>> On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Vince Vielhaber wrote:
>> > PC's are being shipped that way! The particular machine that happened
>> > to
>> > me on was an Intel, not a machine built by Joe Blow's 'Puter Parts. I'd
>
> What EVER made you think a computer made by Intel is better than one
> made by "Joe Blow's Computer Parts"?
Temporary insanity, but one would still expect a system from a manufacturer
to be done correctly whoever they are.
>> > already installed FreeBSD on a number of systems and it's my preferred
>> > Unix so I was a bit more persistant than the typical user. Right now
>> > that
>> > machine has the hard disk and CD on wdc0 and FreeBSD *still* doesn't
>> > even
>> > see wdc1 (even tho there's nothing on it). The controllers are built
>> > onto
>> > the motherboard.
>
> You don't understand: if you don't have a "master" device plugged into
> that "IDE2" connector on your motherboard, YOU DON"T HAVE A SECOND IDE
> CONTROLLER! The "controller" on IDE is ON THE DRIVE, that's what
> "Integrated Drive Electronics" means.
If the BIOS, dos, windoze, linux, OS/2, etc. can detect and use a device
on the slave with no "master" your statement is slightly amiss. AND QUIT
SHOUTING!
Vince.
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