From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 10 23:32:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA17500 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 10 Feb 1996 23:32:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA17441 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 1996 23:31:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA27556; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 18:02:01 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602110732.SAA27556@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: EIDE 2300+ Promise To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 18:02:01 +1030 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, souchu@firtech.lri.fr In-Reply-To: <199602101242.XAA30321@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Feb 10, 96 11:42:09 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Bruce Evans stands accused of saying: > > >My controller EIDE 2300+ Promise fails at boot in int 13h or > >just after when executing real_to_proc, I don't know exactly. > > >What's wrong ? > > I don't know. This one has been done to death, and a search of the list archives should turn up the answer; the onboard BIOS on the 2300 is _broken_ and must be disabled completely for FreeBSD to boot. I also recall reading that if you subsequently turn it back on, you can/will hose your BSD partition. > >I have an idea. Why not programming a sort of linux-lodlin that would > >start FreeBSD from DOS after installing the Promise int 13h driver ? > > dosboot.exe in FreeBSD already does this. The Promise driver is 'installed' by having the BIOS on the card enabled, it _is_ the source of the problem. > Bruce -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[