Paul
I notice that the kernel config file you present is using the "old" device ata lines - is the ATA controller a particularly old model?
If not, then the LINT kernel config file shows an alternative, viz
device ata # just one entry for all ata controllers, no need to reference IRQs etc... device atadisk # for your IDE disks device atapicd # for your CD-ROM like devices
You should comment out the ata0/ata1 lines before adding the above (and additionally, remove any "device wd*" lines in that section.)
Then rebuild your kernel.
Hope that helps.
Thanks to all for the effort, but it didn't. The dmesg output still shows only ata0 and ata1. I am starting to believe that the problem lies in the Dell, not in FreeBSD.
I'll work around this by attaching the drive to the second IDE controller and later experiment with adding a third controller on the PCI bus.
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