From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 17 23:10:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DC8016A402 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:10:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDE7313C45A for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:10:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9] (may be forged)) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2HNABEw026407 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:10:11 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.41] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2HNAAeW009607 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:10:11 -0700 Message-ID: <45FC7552.9040409@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:10:10 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070316) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1fe953880703170340l552b1fc1ge244469667a2bb3b@mail.gmail.com> <1fe953880703171553x68700a34gcb473e3d46d0c0fc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1fe953880703171553x68700a34gcb473e3d46d0c0fc@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.3.17.155934 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __STOCK_PHRASE_6 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Can't see ATA drives with new install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:10:12 -0000 jlc415@gmail.com wrote: > I've just installed 6.2/amd64 on a system with standard IDE as well as > SATA; I've got three drives: an old linux IDE hard drive (that I can't > modify), a CD/DVD drive on the IDE bus, and a new SATA drive where > I've just installed/am installing FreeBSD. > > I can boot from any of the drives: the linux install doesn't have the > right drivers so it's not usable, but the MB definitely sees the > drive. I can boot from the FreeBSD boot CD, as well, and that's what I > used to install onto the SATA drive. > > The trouble is that when I boot from the SATA drive I can't see either > of the other two drives. /dev contains the entries for the main SATA > drive, but nothing for anything else: no /dev/acd or /dev/cd; no other > hard drives; nothing. Looked through dmesg but didn't see anything > related to the cd drive, although I really don't know what I'm looking > for. > > I wondered whether the stock kernel maybe just didn't include the > right drivers, so added > > device atapicam > device scbus > device cd > device pass > > to GENERIC, but I still can't see the dvd drive. > > What should I be looking for? Is there more robust documentation on > dealing with ATA devices somewhere? > > Any help much appreciated. > > -mike Mike, What's your motherboard maker? -Garrett