> > > I tried with delay 12000, 6000, 8000 (I admit that i really > don't know how this > > delay helps) but no use... only putting a CD in the drive > while booting helps. > > > > -biju > > I just set IDE_DELAY=4000 in my 3.2-STABLE kernel, and now it > sees all disks > on both controllers. I think the problem was that one of my > IDE disks is a > "Joe IDE device" (TM). Depending on which controller it was > put would cause > that controller to be "not found".
Great! > Ok, my problem is solved - > don't know about that ATAPI drive of yours though...Is it only > detected at > boot time when there's > a CD in it ? is it detected ok in other OS's without the need > for putting the CD in > ? True. The second wd controller is not recognized. Probably i will try with different delay. Even bios detects it as a ATAPI cdrom drive 32X! And yes!! i get a strange message while booting.. Since my box is at home, i cant give the error message.. probably tomorrow i'll be back with more findings cheers, -biju To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message