From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 13 20:33:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 247B516A404 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:33:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 941D213C474 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:33:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-10-135.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.10.135]:58216 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1I9RpO-0001ED-86 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:33:26 +0200 Received: (qmail 27321 invoked from network); 13 Jul 2007 22:33:23 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 13 Jul 2007 22:33:23 +0200 Received: (qmail 48349 invoked by uid 1001); 13 Jul 2007 22:33:23 +0200 Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:33:23 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Volker Message-ID: <20070713203323.GA48160@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Volker , John Baldwin , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras References: <200707130831.44748.jhb@freebsd.org> <4697CFF2.5020001@vwsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4697CFF2.5020001@vwsoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.10.135 X-ACL-Warn: Too high rate of unknown addresses received from you X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1I9RpO-0001ED-86. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1I9RpO-0001ED-86 e1d403d8eff45b4a25b1a64db6d0d1a5 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras Subject: Re: Quick hardware survey - disk INT13 "EDD" services? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:33:28 -0000 On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 09:18:10PM +0200, Volker wrote: > On 12/23/-58 20:59, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Saturday 19 May 2007 11:39:53 am Ivan Voras wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> Does anyone have a machine that doesn't support EDD / packet interface / > >> "Extended INT13" interface on its hard drive(s) and is capable of > >> running 7-CURRENT? (486 and early Pentium class machines?) > > > > Specifically, you'd have to have a BIOS with a copyright date older than 1995. > > > > I don't know anything about EDD or 'packet interface' but I do have a > Epox MVP-3C or MVP-3G board (socket 7, BIOS dated 1999) and a CPU K6-2 > anything laying around. I think the board will fit your needs (quite a > bit unsure). I'm somewhat limited on IDE devices (just a 4 or 8g is > laying around, scsi is not a problem). EDD is short for 'Enhanced Disk Drive Services' and is an extension to the BIOS that allows the BIOS to use drives larger than 8 GiB. ("Extended INT 13" and "packet interface" are just other names for the same thing.) It was introduced in 1995, so almost all motherboards produced after 1995 will have support for it. You motherboard is thus probably much too modern and not suitable for this purpose. I believe that almost all Socket 7 mainboards (except possibly some of the very earliest models) are too modern. > > Unfortunately rebuilding world + kernel on a machine like that takes > ~18 hours but I'm able to set this up. What do you want to test? Do > you need remote (ssh/openvpn) access to it? Interested in that machine? > > Volker > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se