From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 3 06:58:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22EE21065689 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 06:58:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from k0802647@telus.net) Received: from defout.telus.net (defout.telus.net [199.185.220.240]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C59C38FC1C for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 06:58:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from k0802647@telus.net) Received: from priv-edtnaa07.telusplanet.net ([75.157.28.2]) by priv-edtnes25.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.02 201-2186-121-104-20070414) with ESMTP id <20081003065705.SLAF3117.priv-edtnes25.telusplanet.net@priv-edtnaa07.telusplanet.net> for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:57:05 -0600 Received: from oliver.bc.lan (d75-157-28-2.bchsia.telus.net [75.157.28.2]) by priv-edtnaa07.telusplanet.net (BorderWare Security Platform) with ESMTP id B7142A23380E9D2D for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:58:24 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [10.111.111.112] (unknown [10.111.111.112]) by oliver.bc.lan (Postfix) with ESMTP id 655F261E0; Thu, 2 Oct 2008 23:58:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48E5C290.3000208@telus.net> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:58:24 -0700 From: Carl User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Intel S3210SHLC motherboard and FreeBSD 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:58:26 -0000 Does anyone have any direct experience running FreeBSD on the Intel S3210SHLC motherboard? If so, what problems have you run into? I'm trying to use FreeBSD 7.0, but I don't know yet if the problems are specific to 7.0 or not. The DVD reader/writer is an LG GH20NS10 SATA drive. Motherboard BIOS is release 45, BMC is release 31, and FRUSDR is 13. As per another thread I started, creating a serial console installation CD is just not working for me, although I'm still pursuing it. I managed to install FreeBSD 7.0 using the standard installer CD (aka internal console), but any deviation from that seems impossible. Creating a bootable USB flash thumb drive doesn't work either, despite having enabled such functionality in BIOS. In fact, getting this motherboard to boot from a USB thumb drive doesn't seem to work whether it contains FreeBSD or something else entirely. I've had a couple of incidents where pressing the reset button actually powers down the server for 5 seconds or so before automatically powering back up. Not a big deal, but doesn't instill confidence in this motherboard. Carl / K0802647