[CDBUG-talk] Dell GX1 Optimplex 450L+

[bsduser]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Patrick Muldoon [mailto:doon at inoc.net] 
>Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 7:00 PM
>To: bsduser
>Cc: CDBUG
>Subject: Re: [CDBUG-talk] Dell GX1 Optimplex 450L+
>
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>On Feb 21, 2006, at 6:48 PM, bsduser wrote:
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>> Today I had another go at the GX1 Optiplex:
>> - tried FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE, won't recognize the disk
>> - tried FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE, recognized the disk, completed the
>> installation. I'm up and running on 4.10.
>>
>> I suspect that FreeBSD is abandoning older hardware in their later
>> releases.
>
>Just curious, what did 4.10 recognize the controller as?
>
>-Patrick
>

I'm new to FreeBSD so I'm not sure exactly which commands give the best
answer to that question. Will this do?

freebsd01# mount
/dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local)
procfs on /proc (procfs, local)
freebsd01#
freebsd01# atacontrol info 1
Master: acd0 <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6402B/1015> ATA/ATAPI rev 0
Slave:       no device present
freebsd01# atacontrol info 0
Master:  ad0 <WDC AC26400B/32.02S32> ATA/ATAPI rev 4
Slave:       no device present
freebsd01#