From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jan 2 7:15: 6 2001 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 2 07:15:03 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from gate.trident-uk.co.uk (mail.trident-uk.co.uk [195.166.16.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FD1737B400 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 07:15:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from [194.207.93.139] by gate.trident-uk.co.uk for r.mossige@sensewave.com id PAA22086; Tue Jan 2 15:13:51 2001 Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 15:21:38 +0000 Subject: Re: ASUS A7V and promise problems Message-ID: <20010102152138.J419@freefire.psi-domain.co.uk> References: <000701c074cb$2f912b80$c7a47dd4@kleppst.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <000701c074cb$2f912b80$c7a47dd4@kleppst.no>; from r.mossige@sensewave.com on Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 14:49:10 +0000 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.0.0 Lines: 55 To: Rune Mossige From: Jamie Heckford Reply-To: heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG We had to send back about 50 ABit boards because they had the same problem on ATA100 - Wouldnt boot FreeBSD, Linux, Windoze anything. Maybe the problem has affected the ASUS boards as well - would be interesting to know if they use the same / v. similar firmware. The problems we had were that we were not able to boot of any IDE/ATAPI devices, we installed FreeBSD using boot floppys and Network, however when booting from an IDE device no luck. Maybe dodgy, could be a BIOS issue. J On 2001.01.02 14:49:10 +0000 Rune Mossige wrote: > I just bought myself a Christmas present, a new ASUS A7V, Amd Athlon 750, > onboard Promise, and 2 x IBM-DTLA-30745 45GB ATA100 disks. > > In order to install FreeBSD 4.2, I also installed an older 540MB IDE > disk. > > FreeBSD 4.2 was CVSUP'ed and buildworld/installworld done on 31. December > 2000. > > FreeBSD boots fine, and finds the promise and disks. But, whenever try > to > access the disks, the box freeze solid after 2-4 seconds....a hard reset > is > required. > > New BIOS are also installed (1005a) with no luck. I have also reduced all > relevant speed settings in the bios, with no luck. > > The disks are connected with brand new ATA100 cables. > > There is a working fan on the CPU, and I do not think it is too hot. The > BIOS reports MB at 33C and CPU at 41C. Both disks are primary on their > own > Promise channel. > > Is there anyone who have some hints as to what might be wrong? I have > rebuilt the kernel (GENERIC) and enabled debug. Everything else is left > as > defaults. But, there is no core, no debug, nothing. Just solid freeze. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message