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Date:      Fri, 13 Mar 1998 19:32:29 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Wayne Freeman <tfreeman@ufl.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IDE Controller Card
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980313193201.19404V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000701bd4ea3$11b5ba00$597be380@ufl.edu>

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On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Wayne Freeman wrote:

> I am attempting to install FreeBSD on a 486 DX2/66 system with a 1.6 Gig
> Western Digital Hard drive.  my question is concerning the particular
> brand of outboard Enhanced IDE controller I am using.  It is the Promise
> Technologies EIDE Max controller card.  Is this card supported by the
> operating system?  We haven't started the install yet, and were waiting
> to find information on this subject. 

Promise controllers don't follow standard very closely and thus have
unpredictable support patterns.  Trial and error is the best determinant.

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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