Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:06:35 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Bryan Batten <BryanBatten@compuserve.com> Cc: Questions for FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Detecting 3rd IDE Drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215110223.292R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199712110126_MC2-2B92-21CB@compuserve.com>
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On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Bryan Batten wrote: > >> I recently bought a 2.1GB EIDE drive, which is too big for my BIOS to > >> autodetect. Now, it works just fine with Linux, but is totally > >> invisible to the FreeBSD 2.2.2 Installation Procedure. > > > >> I would think that there would be enough intelligence in the > > > > It should. Hit <scroll lock> at the main menu and scroll back > > through the boot messages. Make sure the second controller and the > > disk are found. > > Now, I should be clear. I can boot FreeBSD. When I do, here are the > results: > > wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq14 is isa > wdc1 not found at 0x170 > > Linux sees both controllers without problems. So I know the hardware is OK > - with the exception that my BIOS can't autodetect the third EIDE drive > which I have installed on wdc1. The drives I have on wdc0 are both 1G. The > drive on wdc1 is a 2.1G drive. What type of controller is the new disk connected to? Do you have the master/slave jumper set correctly? Is the cable in good shape and plugged in? > I suspect I need yet a later version of FreeBSD than 2.2.2. True? I don't think so, there weren't any changes to the wdc code between 2.2.2->2.2.5. 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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