From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 5 03:38:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2A2F16A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 03:38:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (creme-brulee.marcuscom.com [24.172.16.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1493943D1F for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 03:38:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [10.2.1.2] (vpn-client-2.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.2]) iA53cOui059394; Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:38:24 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Message-ID: <418AF5A1.1010704@marcuscom.com> Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:38:09 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (Macintosh/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: eodyna References: <20041105033236.7443.qmail@web41725.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041105033236.7443.qmail@web41725.mail.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a little trouble with 5.2.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 03:38:12 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 eodyna wrote: | hi there, | | Work Recently purchased a dell optiplex gx280. They come with a Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller and a 40g WD sata drive. When i installed 5.2.1 it complained that the disk geometey was incorrect(77504/16/63). I tried changing it to the correct (4863/255/63)setting by pressing (G) at the fdisk configuration screen, and the value 4863/255/63 was already entered in the pop up box. i saved it, and proceed with the rest of the install. At the network screen, it wasn't able to detect the network card. I was able to find that some people were able to get a 57xx working on their freebsd machine. | There are a few other areas with "no driver attached" such as disply and audio, but i haven't looked into those of yet. | After the installation completed i ran dmesg and the disk geometry didn't change to the new settings. Did i do something wrong with that? | | Can anyone pointack the me in the right direction on how to get this sorted? Any reccomendations would be great. I just bought a GX280, and installed 5.3-RC on it. It works great once you get passed the USB keyboard problem (see posts on freebsd-current@). ~ The bge network interface works great. I don't think the PCI IDs were added into 5.2.1, so you'll either have to backport the 5.3 bge driver, or just go with 5.3. Joe | | my thanks | ams | | ps: if you can cc me when responding id appreciate it as im not on the list. | | | | --------------------------------- | Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. | _______________________________________________ | freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions | To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" | - -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBivWhb2iPiv4Uz4cRAp4rAJ9GStMmsTu82ChT2MntobGFRTPq7QCfdgVy vyhiwdJoEuX0a+11gvSkDzM= =5yPy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----