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From: cswpchiu@cs.ust.hk (Chiu Wai Pun, m^_^m (ykmpm))
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IDE CD-ROM through SB 16 IDE controller
Date: 29 Sep 1996 10:12:51 GMT
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Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote:
8) We have had this kind of problem where I work. We found that no matter
8) what we did in the BIOS setup, we couldn't really turn the motherboard's
8) secondary IDE port off. If yours is the same, you've got a conflict and
8) can't use the port on the SB card.

	Say if the kernel can detect the IDE controller but result is
	that the CD-Rom cannot be detected, then ?

Pun