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Date:      Sat, 8 Mar 1997 21:00:59 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Mark Dickey <mark@bestweb.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970308205921.5000G-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199703080006.TAA02719@okeefe.bestweb.net>

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On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Mark Dickey wrote:

> I am looking into a EIDE Adapter from GSI called the 2C.  It is labeled
> 16-bit Dual-Channel EIDE Adapter. It is supposed to upgrade the BIOS so it
> recongized hard drives over 2.1.  Will this work with FreeBSD?

Perhaps.  We've had bad run-ins from "smart" IDE controllers thinking they
can rule the world.  (Promise controllers are notorius)  At worst, you'll
know right away there's a problem when you try to boot FreeBSD and it
blows up or doesn't find wdc0.

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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