On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 08:26:53PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
> Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > If the controller on these boards doesn't detect a drive attached, then
> > the BIOS for the controller doesn't get installed, so make sure that
> > it's probing the disks correctly when the machine boots, otherwise any
> > OS will be unable to find it.
> 
> Rubbish.  FreeBSD does not need a working ATA BIOS to detect and use
> an ATA controller.

atacontrol agrees.  Guess I'm not used to having a machine boot this
fast and missed the entry on boot.

Ceri
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