Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:12:59 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Dominic Baines <dombaines@mmbq.demon.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: abit bp6 hpt66 udma support Message-ID: <20000831111259.G29115@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <39ACE5F9.2C388371@mmbq.demon.co.uk>; from dombaines@mmbq.demon.co.uk on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 11:46:17AM %2B0100 References: <39ABD945.3F2450C3@mmbq.demon.co.uk> <20000830090233.C31357@wantadilla.lemis.com> <39ACE5F9.2C388371@mmbq.demon.co.uk>
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On Wednesday, 30 August 2000 at 11:46:17 +0100, Dominic Baines wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: > >> [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] >> >> On Tuesday, 29 August 2000 at 15:39:49 +0000, Dominic Baines wrote: >> >>> Is it possible to install 4.0 (came with Greg Lehey's book The >>> complete FreeBSD) onto the ABit BP6 MB with HPT66 UDMA ? >>> >>> I have the following configuration: >>> >>> Dual Celeron 466 (mendocino) >>> 3x128MB SDRAM 100Mhz >>> 4 IBM 20GB UDMA HDD (On IDE3 and IDE4) >>> 2 24xCDROM on IDE1 >>> 1 LS120 on IDE2 >>> 1 Zip on IDE2 >> >> Yes. I have almost exactly this configuration. >> >>> I can't seem to find how to get the IDE3 (first UDMA66 hard drive) >>> to be recognised for install. >> >> I suspect that the GENERIC kernel doesn't recognize the other two IDE >> controllers. You'll have to build one that does. I'd suggest: >> >> 1. Move the disk on ata3 (IDE4) to ata0 (IDE1). >> 2. Install FreeBSD there. >> 3. Build a kernel which knows the other two controllers. Add the >> following lines to the configuration file: >> >> device ata2 >> device ata3 >> >> 4. Boot the new kernel. It should recognize the new disks. >> 5. Configure ad4 (on ata2). Copy the installed system to it. >> 6. Move the disk from ata0 to ata3. >> >> I'll see if we can't get the GENERIC kernel fixed so that you don't >> need to do this. > > Unfortunately, cannot get it to recognise the disks...:-( > > On reboot is says : > > atapci1 : <Highpoint ...etc.... > ata2: at 0xd800 on atapci1 > ata3: at 0xe000 on atapci1 > > So the controller is seen :-) , but then it was anyway with the GENERIC > kernel. Yes, one of the developers pointed out that we already have a device ata in the GENERIC kernel, and that it should recognize any controllers as a result. Sorry for sending you in the wrong direction. > ata2-master : ata_command: timeout waiting for intr > ata2-master : identify failed > ata3-master : ata_command: timeout waiting for intr > ata3-master : identify failed > > so that hard drives are not recognised. > > They are FUJITSU (not IBM) MPF3204AT > > The 4 HDD's I have (only want 4 on the UDMA controllers) are all > identical on this system (IBM's are in second Linux server) and > every one is recognised if I place on ata0-slave channel. > > The cables ARE <18cm UDMA 66 cables. The system boots and > recognises all the HDD fine in MSDOS, NT and RedHat 6.2 Linux. This is beginning to look like a compatibility problem of some kind. Can you try the drives in the same slots, but with normal disk cables? That will force the controller to restrict them to UDMA 33. > I see the same behaviour on the ABIT BE6-II M/B (Single slot 1) with > the same controllers. And the same disks? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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