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Date:      Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:37:11 -0400
From:      Tom Gioconda <tgiocond@vt.edu>
To:        Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
Cc:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ultra ATA Hard Drives and controllers with FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <3.0.32.19970827003711.0079d230@mail.vt.edu>

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At 03:06 PM 8/26/97 -0700, Shawn Ramsey wrote:
>> I know.  I've installed FreeBSD on several machines using a seperate hard
>> drive.  That was easy.  But I'm using the Ultra ATA controller as my only
>> hard drive controller.  The CDROM and ZIP drives are on the motherboard,
>> but the card says that I have to plug ALL hard drives into that card, if
>> I'm reading the poorly written docs correctly.
>
>If your CDROM is on the motherboard, I would assume the MB has onboard
>EIDE. Why not connect another hard drive to same interface as the CDROM? 

Because if I do, the controller manual says that the ultra ATA hard drive
won't function correctly.  I need a dual win95 + freebsd system, and win95
and a lot of other stuff already on that drive.

-Tom
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This message was written by Tom Gioconda
tgiocond@vt.edu



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