Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 08:39:23 +0530 From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: "J. T. Farmer" <jfarmer@goldsword.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem booting FBSD 5.4-stable.. Message-ID: <433F4F63.20201@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <433ECD71.5030603@goldsword.com> References: <B0422894-357D-4582-A2CA-DCF86570F6BF@telia.com> <433E7A97.9020109@gmail.com> <ADA1D09E-D279-4D33-8593-A756608ABAE2@telia.com> <433E8123.80406@gmail.com> <433ECD71.5030603@goldsword.com>
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J. T. Farmer sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/1/2005 23:24: > Subhro wrote: > >> Sebastian Holmqvist sat at his 'puter and typed on 10/1/2005 17:45: >> >>> Running the latest BIOS version yes. Also running Fail safe options >>> with the exception on that I've but the cdrom on first boot device. >>> The cable setup is IDE1 <- HD0 (M) <- Cdrom (S). So yes, they're on >>> the same cable with manual M/S-setup. >>> >>> // Sebastian Holmqvist >>> >> Great. FreeBSD, unlike Linux and Windowz is very very fusy about >> hardware. As per the IDE specs, the master drive should always be at >> the end of the cable. The middle is occupied by the slave drive, >> which is not your case. For a start, I would try fixing that. Also it >> is recommended not to mix drive types on a single bus. Therefore it >> would be highly recommended to move the optical drive to the >> secondary bus. Also do not rely on CS. Ecplicitly jumper them as >> master and slave. > > > Actually, my understanding of the specifications is that the only time > you are required to place the master at the end of the cable is when > it is the only device in the chain. If there are two devices in the > chain, > then either can be Master and provide the timing for both. > > John > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > John T. Farmer Owner & CTO GoldSword Systems > jfarmer@goldsword.com 865-691-6498 Knoxville TN > Consulting, Design, & Development of Networks & Software > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hello John, Unfortunately that is not correct. Just for an experiment, put both the drives in CS and boot the system. Then try to find out which becomes the master. I know CS is not reliable, but still... The matter is of the IDE specifications which remains constant irrespective of the number of drives on the bus. Thanks S. -- -----------------+------------------------------------------------- | Subhro Sankha Kar \ / | GSM: +919831064613 -- Fax: +919831832913 \./ | MSN:subhro@subhro.org -- Yahoo: subhro82 (0Y0) | ICQ: 203567534 -- AIM: bsdboy1982 --ooO--(_)--Ooo--+-------------------------------------------------
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