Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 08:39:14 +0000 From: simond@irrelevant.org To: jones@cs.odu.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: INstalling using Promise ATA-100 card Message-ID: <20010113083914.B20350@irrelevant.org> In-Reply-To: <3A5FE667.159CC100@w3rite.com>; from khjones@w3rite.com on Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 12:23:52AM -0500 References: <3A5FE667.159CC100@w3rite.com>
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On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 12:23:52AM -0500, Kennie H. Jones wrote: > The release notes for 4.0 say that the new ATA driver supports the > Promise PCI card providing "support for busmaster DMA transfers upto and > including the new ATA/66 mode." > > I am attempting to install on a computer with the Promise ATA-100 card. > However, The installation process says there is no hard drive found. I > can boot in DOS and use fdisk to partition the drive so, I assume the > card and drive are working properly. > > 1) Has anyone had direct experience using the Promise ATA-100 card? > > 2) If so, what is the secret to getting FreeBSD to recognize it? OK, here's a quick hint, try using FreeBSD 4.1.1 or higher as support for the ATA100 cards was only introduced then :) -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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