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Date:      Tue, 25 Jul 2000 20:49:18 +0200
From:      "Milan Salajka" <milan@salajka.cz>
To:        <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Problems booting stable/4.1-RC.
Message-ID:  <014d01bff669$09e0f540$0101a8c0@metropole.cz>
References:  <029e01bff660$58349e80$0100a8c0@wstein.com>

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well,

try to compile kernel with commented these lines:

# ATA and ATAPI devices
#device         ata0    at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14
#device         ata1    at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15

which are uncommented in the GENERIC kernel file...

Milan

> This concerns stable, was posted on -questions several days ago, and still
> no response.  Does anyone here have any ideas?
>
> To summarize the problem:  Occasionally (frequently(!)) this system will
NOT
> boot; and locks up trying to reinitialize the ATA drive.  The kernel IS
> read, and it gets to the point of "mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a",
then
> freezes.  1 out of 10 boots actually work, although it cycles through
> "resetting ATA devices" up to 4 times and always chooses PIO mode.
>
> Is there a way to FORCE PIO mode?  (I know about the sysctl, and I know
> about the settings once multi-user is going; however this happens when
> trying to call init, I think...)
>
> joe




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