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From: gumby@guyton.com (Dave Guyton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD support EIDE HD ???
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 01:53:30 GMT
Organization: Houston Advanced Research Center
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jarekb@ire.pw.edu.pl (Jaroslaw Bazydlo) wrote:

>Is it support EIDE HD ??? I've got problems with labelling a 1.2G disk,
>and if FreeBSD does support EIDE then it means that i'am doing something
>wrong.

>Waiting for answer..

Yes, it supports EIDE.  I currently have it running on a Conner 1.2
gig using a VESA EIDE controller.  I had to make the root partition
(/) 25 MB for it to boot however.  I think the boot partition needs to
be within the 1024 cylinder limit.

Dave Guyton
gumby@guyton.com