Date: Fri, 11 Sep 98 09:27:49 +0200 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: napalm@halcyon.com Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Question about IDE devices Message-ID: <H000057c01823b19@MHS> In-Reply-To: <199809110550.WAA17468@mail1.halcyon.com>
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Hello
>
> Hi, i'm a PC user who has *just* made the transition
> over from windoze to FreeBSD, and i'm having some
> trouble upgrading my system.
>
> I've just installed a new motherboard for a Pentium
> 266mhz chip, and I have 3 IDE devices: a Seagate 1.2G
> hard drive, a Quantum 160mb (whoohoo) hard drive, and
> an IDE CD-rom. The Seagate is acting as the primary
> master, the Quantum is the primary slave and the CD-Rom
> is a secondary slave.
^^^^^
There was a message recently stating that each IDE channel MUST have a
master (IDE stands for Integrated Device Electronics : the intelligence
resides on the drives themselves). So try and set your CD to Master.
Further : 2.2.6-R does not work ok with all types of IDE drive
combinations.
Remember : you can also copy the installation files from the CD to a FAT
partition using WinSh.. , then install from the FAT partition (while
disabling the secondary IDE channel).
TfH
>
> My problem is that the generic FreeBSD kernel can only
> find the Seagate HD. Before (on my old 486) the CD
> used to boot just fine as device wcd0, but now it
> won't find it anymore. I can't even install the
> operating system because FreeBSD refuses to find the
> CD-Rom it just booted from. I'm really confused because
> i have little experience with IDE hardware devices, and
> i have no idea what port or IRQ addresses the BIOS is
> using.
>
> If it makes any difference, the BIOS i'm using is "award"
> bios that supports PnP devices and all the usual
> Windows95 stuff (though i think i've turned PnP off).
> Is there a MS-DOS program that can give me the information
> I need?
>
> any help would be MUCH appreciated!
>
> -MC
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