From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 21 04:26:49 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4836E16A419 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:26:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bkc@dreamfire.com) Received: from dreamfire.com (dreamfire.com [192.220.72.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C94113C428 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:26:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bkc@dreamfire.com) Received: (qmail 75117 invoked by uid 18638); 21 Jul 2007 04:26:48 -0000 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:26:48 -0700 From: Bruce Caruthers To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070720212648.A71287@dreamfire.com> References: <20070713150725.A52319@dreamfire.com> <4698D140.9010301@mawer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <4698D140.9010301@mawer.org>; from fbsd-questions@mawer.org on Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 11:36:00PM +1000 Organization: DreamFire Enterprises Subject: Re: Intel G965 chipset? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bruce Caruthers List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:26:49 -0000 On Sat Jul 14, 2007, Antony Mawer wrote: > On 14/07/2007 8:07 AM, Bruce Caruthers wrote: > ... > > === My Question: > > So, can I use an Intel motherboard with the 965 > > chipset? If not, what is the latest chipset I can > > use which will meet my needs? > > We use the 965 based boards for many of our servers and they work fine - > the only gotchas I have come across has been the onboard IDE controller > is a Marvell ATA controller, and not supported by the drivers in > 6.2-RELEASE. I made a back-port of the -CURRENT driver to 6.2 some > months ago and have not had any problems (although the CD-ROM connected > to said IDE channel is only used for the installation process!). > > I would imagine that the driver is likely present in 6-STABLE and the > upcoming 6.3 release later this year. > > --Antony Now that the parts have arrived and I actually have the machine (physically) set up, I am trying to install from the downloaded ISO images (6.2-Release, downloaded 7/20). Each boot option hangs at different places (standard stops after identifying the disks as ad4 and ad8, ACPI turned off stops at md0, and verbose logging actually gets to the first menu, but no longer accepts keyboard input at that point -- might be hung, since couldn't warm boot from the keyboard, either, at that point). Were you able to do any of the install without the backported driver, or did you generate a custom install disk? Or, would it be better if I try making the boot floppies and installing over ftp? Any suggestions, or perhaps a downloadable ISO image, since you already went through this? :) I have 2xSATA300 disks as RAID-1, and an ATAPI DVD drive for installing. And an old 3.5" floppy drive I found on one of my parts heaps. (mobo: Intel DG965WH) Thanks for any help! -bkc