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From: jimmy@wingnet.net (James Daresta)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IDE CD-ROM through SB 16 IDE controller
Date: 1 Oct 1996 00:16:54 GMT
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>We have had this kind of problem where I work. We found that no matter
>what we did in the BIOS setup, we couldn't really turn the motherboard's
>secondary IDE port off. If yours is the same, you've got a conflict and
>can't use the port on the SB card.

Just out of curiousity, if I rebuild the kernal could I direct it to find the 
CD-ROM at the IRQ that I have set in Windows 95. I just, and maybe I am not 
supposed to, cannot understand why Win 95 has no problem detecting it and the 
FreeBSD cannot. I can use the SB 16 IDE along with the other controllers. Can I 
solve this problem by getting a another CD-ROM IDE controller? If so I will get 
one for my open PCI slots if I can find one. I would, however, like to have it 
work through the SB 16.