From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 5 19:29:15 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 810EB16A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 19:29:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07A6D43D4C for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 19:29:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from edwin.brown@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id j1so816054rnf for ; Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:29:14 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=H64tLh2VhXFOL6/9iRbknzL3E1dz6gdvuvGPZ5KZXDVWUorAqA1vU5qtcqNKJm5TFRFBYExjCxiwmZsHj8EWctwOE4R9bApvrtbQmG+sDYCyurBHQYWZIhRCZJQjSnyP+cpLoCr1nscANu0RaiFW5aWyKt0TwGgfiJP4LeQJVmI= Received: by 10.38.78.48 with SMTP id a48mr198108rnb; Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:29:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.78.45 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 11:29:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8b6eae96050305112920827dd9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 14:29:14 -0500 From: Edwin Brown To: Brian Reichert In-Reply-To: <20050305182608.GC90757@numachi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <8b6eae960503022048b90c457@mail.gmail.com> <20050304233347.A4084@carver.gumbysoft.com> <8b6eae9605030507165d4c6cae@mail.gmail.com> <20050305182608.GC90757@numachi.com> 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 Reply-To: Edwin Brown 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 19:29:15 -0000 Thanks for the ideas. It appears this machine has a pretty crippled BIOS from dell. There's no way to turn off DMA. So, I'm just going to stick with booting from the floppies for installs as required. Thanks for the thoughts. At least I've got something to work with if I run into this on another machine. Best regards, Edwin On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:26:08 -0500, Brian Reichert wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >