From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 5 18:26:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8827D16A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:26:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from meisai.numachi.com (meisai.numachi.com [198.175.254.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A4F2043D2D for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:26:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reichert@numachi.com) Received: (qmail 9761 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2005 18:26:08 -0000 Received: from natto.numachi.com (198.175.254.216) by meisai.numachi.com with SMTP; 5 Mar 2005 18:26:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 23733 invoked by uid 1001); 5 Mar 2005 18:26:08 -0000 Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:26:08 -0500 From: Brian Reichert To: Edwin Brown Message-ID: <20050305182608.GC90757@numachi.com> References: <8b6eae960503022048b90c457@mail.gmail.com> <20050304233347.A4084@carver.gumbysoft.com> <8b6eae9605030507165d4c6cae@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8b6eae9605030507165d4c6cae@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.7i cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 STABLE Boot CD Fails on PPRO 200 (BTX halted) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 18:26:10 -0000 On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:16:42AM -0500, Edwin Brown wrote: > It's a Dell XPS Pro 200n system tag 72V98 I seem to recall recently that I needed to disable ATA DMA from BIOS on a Dell to install 5.3-RELEASE. See if that helps. > CPU: Pentium Pro 200MHz > Chipset: Intel 82440FX > Memory: 128MB ECC SIMM > BIOS: A06 released 01/08/1998 (the last bios for this computer) > IDE: (MSI DVD drive) (bootable secondary channel master) > (Maxtor 40GB hard disk) (bootable primary channel master) > > I've also installed a promise ATA/133 card and tried to boot the > computer with the > CD and hard drive attached to that instead of the system board. > However, that fails as well. > > I've gone ahead an installed from the floppies with the IDE devices > attached to the motherboard. For some reason the floppies boot fine. > > Thanks for the reply, > > Edwin -- Brian Reichert 55 Crystal Ave. #286 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1725 USA BSD admin/developer at large