From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 28 14:11:10 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA24861 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:11:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA24856 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:11:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #1) id 105zeQ-0000TL-00; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 22:11:03 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id WAA02738; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 22:10:32 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (rasnt-1) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA11570; Thu, 28 Jan 99 22:10:29 GMT Message-Id: <36B0E01D.76EC30E5@uk.radan.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 22:09:33 +0000 From: Mark Ovens X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Albert Chen Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it hardware problem? References: <19990128173407.24776.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Albert Chen wrote: > > Mark Ovens said: > > > > >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 , 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? > Sorry, I can't really help you here, I'm still running 2.2.8 (waiting for the 3.1 CD ). > Thanks in advance, > Albert. > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message