From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jan 2 7:18:46 2001 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 2 07:18:42 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from relay.ost.eltele.no (relay.ost.eltele.no [195.70.164.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD74B37B400 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 07:18:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from beck (ppp-212.125.161.42.sensewave.com [212.125.161.42]) by relay.ost.eltele.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA14248; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:18:37 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <000901c074cf$4b93bec0$2aa17dd4@kleppst.no> Reply-To: "Rune Mossige" From: "Rune Mossige" To: "Rune Mossige" , Cc: References: <000701c074cb$2f912b80$c7a47dd4@kleppst.no> Subject: Re: ASUS A7V and promise problems Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:18:34 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The box boot just fine, with no noticable delay. I can do all normal work. I have been able to create a small 1GB partition on each disk. I can mount this etc. When I run 'iozone' on it, it runs fine for a while....iozone completes on a small file (10-50MB), but freeze on a large (200+MB) file. I have disabled the parallel port in bios, but no change in behavior... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rune Mossige" To: Sent: 2. januar 2001 15:49 Subject: ASUS A7V and promise problems > 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