From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 2 03:09:43 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23BF516A41F for ; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 03:09:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67EFF43D46 for ; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 03:09:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 40so130119nzk for ; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:09:41 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:disposition-notification-to:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=fLFCT3cPwJ3TaQbJrVubXn5fJ20hBAw7VfFiHj4ufZ6gch3G/5HHqPBkFIkjyWwzwI6h+LKwAZL0yCzqZJWNzJDaFIV/kj1S2UC5Y2Ef3bSKuZ+zEMFSDC3XLusLMsCio8euW0xr494MRhE0l9nj/NukHwWtgvhdKvlAnrFqOR8= Received: by 10.36.38.9 with SMTP id l9mr40035nzl; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:09:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?127.0.0.1? ( [59.93.241.107]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id j7sm2951762nzd.2005.10.01.20.09.38; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:09:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <433F4F63.20201@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 08:39:23 +0530 From: Subhro User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.4 (Windows/20050908) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "J. T. Farmer" References: <433E7A97.9020109@gmail.com> <433E8123.80406@gmail.com> <433ECD71.5030603@goldsword.com> In-Reply-To: <433ECD71.5030603@goldsword.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem booting FBSD 5.4-stable.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 03:09:43 -0000 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--+-------------------------------------------------