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Date:      Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:57:26 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Cc:        Anton Zavrin <anton@atoyf.com>
Subject:   Re: Hardware is compatible with FreeBSD 4.x but fails on FreeBSD 6.x
Message-ID:  <200601031257.26813.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <A2DE6AC6670EB945B0459EF320D39E5936F2@dune.exch.local>
References:  <A2DE6AC6670EB945B0459EF320D39E5936F2@dune.exch.local>

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On Saturday 31 December 2005 04:32 pm, Anton Zavrin wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> Can someone provide some input on such phenomena.
>
>
>
> I tried to install FreeBSD 6.0 on the same computer that is currently
> running FreeBSD 4.10, but when I try to wipe existing harddrive clean it
> says no HDDs found, also, advising me to check if my HDD controller is
> supported or something in that spirit.
>
>
>
> This is from dmesg on that PC:
>
> atapci0: <VIA 8235 ATA133 controller> port 0xfc00-0xfc0f at device 17.1
> on pci0
>
> ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
>
> ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
>
>
>
> I checked FreeBSD hardware notes for 6.0 and didn't see any references
> for this controller. Does it mean I must change my motherboard to
> install 6.0 or/and up?

Is there anyway that you could capture the dmesg from the 6.0 boot perhaps 
using a serial console?

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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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