From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 4 16:01:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA10444 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 16:01:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA10421 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 16:00:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA14945; Tue, 5 Mar 1996 10:30:13 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603050000.KAA14945@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Finding one's second IDE controller... To: thekind@NETural.com (Adam W. Dace) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 10:30:13 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Adam W. Dace" at Mar 4, 96 10:28:50 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Adam W. Dace stands accused of saying: > > The only problem is, for some reason FreeBSD can't seem to find my > secondary IDE controller (on which is a hard drive dedicated to > Linux/to-be-FreeBSD). It sounds like this controller is doing something funny/nonstandard. You're not too specific about your hardware, so it's hard to tell whether you've just got a dodgy controller that doesn't respond like it should, or whether something more sinister (eg. PCI hardware) is involved. > I'm also wondering why it is that it sees my primary IDE controller, but > not my secondary. Does FreeBSD use BIOS for these things? My AMI WinBIOS > has from the start always denied the existence of my secondary controller > (i.e. I can configure it, but it won't admit it's there, gives an error). Sounds like the controller is really borderline. Unless it's embedded in the motherboard, I'd ditch it and get a better one. > | Adam W. Dace | NETural Communications, Inc. | -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[