From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 21 04:31:54 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 54A1616A418 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:31:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3317813C469 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:31:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.7] (may be forged)) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.06) with ESMTP id l6L4Vrwn027011 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:31:53 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-24-10-12-194.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.10.12.194]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l6L4VqA2010805 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:31:53 -0700 Message-ID: <46A18C37.7040005@u.washington.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:31:51 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (Windows/20070716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruce Caruthers References: <20070713150725.A52319@dreamfire.com> <4698D140.9010301@mawer.org> <20070720212648.A71287@dreamfire.com> In-Reply-To: <20070720212648.A71287@dreamfire.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.2.304607, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.7.20.211634 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel G965 chipset? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:31:54 -0000 Bruce Caruthers wrote: > 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 > Try a 6.2 snapshot (if that's not what you meant by downloaded 7/20). If that fails, try 7-CURRENT snapshots (most recent ones, i.e. over the last month, are the best idea). There were a variety of fixes made to USB input and control (if you're using a USB keyboard instead of a PS/2 one). -Garrett