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Date:      Sun, 27 Jan 2002 15:20:57 -0600
From:      Joe Halpin <joe.halpin@attbi.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD install doesn't see the whole disk
Message-ID:  <3C546F38.AE459B3A@attbi.com>
References:  <Pine.WNT.4.43.0201280959570.260-100000@den2>

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Juha Saarinen wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Nik Clayton wrote:
> 
> >  Can you be more specific about this?  And maybe submit a PR with details
> >  so we can get it in to the FAQ?
> 
> CSEL = Cable Select. On IDE drives, you have three positions for the
> jumper: Master, Slave and Cable Select. Think it's part of the PC97/98
> spec, and the idea is that CSEL will automagically configure drives as
> Master and Slave according to their position on the IDE cable.
> 
> CSEL requires an IDE cable which has pin 28 connected to ground, and not
> to one of the drive connectors; the drive becomes configured as a slave
> otherwise. If you use a non-CSEL cable, and have both drives jumpered as
> CSEL, they show up as Master. If pin 28 isn't connected to the ground on
> the motherboard IDE connector, the drives show up as slaves.
> 
> I've had lots of fun with this one, trying to add drives to Compaqs... ;-)

Out of curiosity, what's different between FreeBSD and Linx/DOS/BIOS
such that they get the right disk parameters but FreeBSD doesn't?

Joe

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