Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:34:06 PST From: "Albert Chen" <chen6178@hotmail.com> To: marko@uk.radan.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it hardware problem? Message-ID: <19990128173407.24776.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Mark Ovens said: <snip> >This very problem was in the list yesterday/today - > >see "Interrupt timeouts (was: **URGENT** Hardware problem?!)". > Yes, I found this subject, thanks. >Part of the reply (from Greg Lehey) was: > >--------start quote------- > >I think the problem is either defective hardware (motherboard), or >incorrect settings. It's quite possible that the hardware is broken >by design, though it's becoming less common. All motherboard >manufacturers check their boards against Microsoft, so they normally >don't have any bugs which affect Microsoft, but other bugs may affect >FreeBSD, and unfortunately not many manufacturers check against >FreeBSD. > >I note the status says <rdy, seekdone, drq>, indicating a DMA request >active. 2.2.8 doesn't support DMA, so maybe you'll be lucky if you go >into the BIOS menu and disable DMA (if this is possible). Another >alternative would be to install FreeBSD 3.0 and enable DMA there. > >--------end quote------- Hi, Mark, I will decide to install FreeBSD 3.0. Would you like to tell me anything I should care when upgrading 3.0 from 2.2.8-RELEASE? Thanks in advance, Albert. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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