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From: j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: *BSD on a third IDE drive?
Date: 17 Sep 1993 13:32:09 +0200
Organization: Textil Computer Design GmbH Dresden, Germany
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References: <1993Sep10.200956.11439@alw.nih.gov>
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Keywords: Second IDE controller
crtb@helix.nih.gov (Chuck Bacon) writes:
>Main question 1: Does the wd controller in *BSD support a second IDE drive?
Yes. At least, with recent patches (pk 0.2.4, FreeBSD...).
>(Subquestion 1, since I haven't really found out: can you put a second
>IDE controller on an ISA 486DX?)
FreeBSD is supposed to be able so. 386BSD + pk 0.2.4 needs patching.
The real problem: you need an IDE adapter able to jumper to secondary
address and IRQ.
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