Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 23:05:10 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@argus.tfs.net> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Packard Bell? Message-ID: <199708040405.XAA00726@argus.tfs.net> In-Reply-To: <199708032306.QAA02728@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Aug 3, 97 04:06:12 pm"
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> > I asked about this a while ago and only got one reply from someone who
> > was (politely) questioning the mental state of anyone who would purchase
> > a pb machine. Okay, I was stupid. Now, has anyone put fbsd on a pb? I
> > tried just doing an install, without success. It just hangs at various
> > points (none of the 9 tries hung at the same spot) after all of the
> > setup screens and fs work, while copying blocks of data from the cd.
>
> This question really belongs on -questions; however, if you posted it
> there, you wouldn't have gotten me (a mixed blessing, I'm told).
>
>
> You are likely running a CMD640B or otherwise buggy IDE controller
> and using the primary for the hard disk and the secondary for the
> CDROM.
>
> If the machine has two IDE controllers, put the CDROM on one and the
> hard drive on the other.
>
> Otherwise, you will need to patch the controller bug in the POST
> routine, or in BIOS configuration.
I run on a PB Platinum I [Intel Pentium 1110/133], with the config at
the end of this message.
I've had no problems with this box or one of their Legend 486 boxes...
PB has quality control problems, but when you get a good one, you get
a good one.
If you get a bad one, just be insistent that you get one that works
and get it fast. Make a scene if you have to in the store, and they
will usually give you another, and another, and another until you get
one that does work. Ideal tactics are to [while you are waiting for
the repair guys to get to you] make all sorts of comments to people
browsing the PB line at the store, but only state facts that you know
to be true [slander is such a nasty word]...
They have lemon laws with cars, it's about time they had them for
computers.
BTW: This box does not require the CMD640 hack, and if enabled it will
panic during the probes.
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FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Jul 9 01:01:24 CDT 1997
jbryant@argus:/usr/src/sys/compile/ARGUS.2.2.2
CPU: Pentium (132.74-MHz 586-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x52b Stepping=11
Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
real memory = 25165824 (24576K bytes)
avail memory = 22077440 (21560K bytes)
Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
chip0 <generic PCI bridge (vendor=1004 device=0007 subclass=0)> rev 1 on pci0:0
chip1 <generic PCI bridge (vendor=1004 device=0008 subclass=1)> rev 1 on pci0:6
vga0 <VGA-compatible display device> rev 76 int a irq ?? on pci0:10
ahc0 <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI host adapter> rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:11
ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs
ahc0: target 0 Tagged Queuing Device
(ahc0:0:0): "SEAGATE ST32550N 0022" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 2047MB (4194058 512 byte sectors)
sd0(ahc0:0:0): with 3511 cyls, 11 heads, and an average 108 sectors/track
pci0:13: CMD, device=0x0640, class=storage (ide) int a irq 15 [no driver assigned]
Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
sio1: type 16550A
sio2 at 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 12 on isa
sio2: type 16550A
pca0 on motherboard
pca0: PC speaker audio driver
fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
fdc0: NEC 72065B
fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 flags 0x80ff80ff on isa
wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <Conner Peripherals 1080MB - CFS1081A>, multi-block-16
wd0: 1032MB (2113776 sectors), 2097 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
wdc0: unit 1 (wd1): <WDC AC31000F>, multi-block-16
wd1: 1033MB (2116800 sectors), 2100 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 flags 0x80ff80ff on isa
wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <GCD-R542B/1.20>, removable, intr, iordy
atapi1.0: unknown phase
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The standard PB 4X CD-ROM [any fixes?]
npx0 on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
joy0 not found at 0x201
sb0 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 on isa
sb0: <SoundBlaster Pro 3.1>
mpu0 at 0x330 irq 5 drq 0 on isa
mpu0: <MPU-401 MIDI Interface 0.0 >
opl0 at 0x388 on isa
opl0: <Yamaha OPL-3 FM>
ccd0-3: Concatenated disk drivers
Jim
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