From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 24 10:53:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA07869 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 10:53:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.ray.com (gatekeeper.ray.com [138.125.162.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA07859 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 10:53:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (mailer@localhost) by gatekeeper.ray.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA28507 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 13:53:24 -0500 Received: from rnccsun1.eo.ray.com by gatekeeper.ray.com; Mon Feb 24 13:52:00 1997 Received: (from gianowa@localhost) by rnccsun1.eo.ray.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id NAA05740 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 13:52:06 -0500 (EST) From: "William A. Gianopoulos" Message-Id: <199702241852.NAA05740@rnccsun1.eo.ray.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA problem with Diamond Speedstar 64 graphics adapter In-Reply-To: from gianowa at "Feb 20, 97 11:59:47 am" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 13:52:06 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk gianowa writes: > I recently got a used 486/33 machine for $100. I decided to try to get it > to run both Windows 95 and FreeBSD, so I could use it as a backup for my > Pentium system which runs both OSes. > > My first problem came when I needed to put in an IDE controller with an > enhanced disk BIOS, as the BIOS on the motherboard did not work with > disks with more than 1023 cylinders. It turned out that FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE, > which is what I am running on my Pentium, will not boot if I have the > card with the enhanced disk BIOS in the System. Someone posted a response > saying that it would work with 2.1.5. I tried it, and it did. > > My next problem was that the neither the 2.1.5 nor the 2.1.6 install > floppies would recognize my IDE CED-ROM drive, so I would not be able to > install from CD. However, the Feburary 5th gamma of 2.2 does recognize > my CD-ROM drive, so I thought all was OK, as I would just wait for 2.2. > > I then bought a Diamond Speedstar 64 ISA graphics board with 1MB memory, > as the board it came with only did 640x480 16 colors. Now I seem to have > a new problem. Although 2.1.5 and 2.1.6 boot up OK with this graphics > board, the 2.2-GAMMA install floppy does not. After it decompresses the > kernel and goes to execute it, the screen displays complete garbage. > > I don't think there is anything wrong with the graphics card, as Windows 95 > seems to display OK in all the supported resolutions and number of color > options which are supposed to work with a 1MG graphics card. > > My Pentium system, however, which also has a Cirrus S3 based accelerated > graphics card with 1MB memory boots from the 2.2-GAMMA install floppy > just fine. > > Any ideas? As 2 more datapoints on this problem, I have subsequently tried the 2.1.7-RELEASE boot floppy which works just fine, and the Feb 15th 2.2-GAMMA, which fails in the same manner as the Feb 5th GAMMA. -- William A. Gianopoulos; Raytheon Company gianowa@eo.ray.com -------------------------------------------------------- This is my personal opinion and not that of my employer.