Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 05:40:05 -0800 From: "Jay Krell" <jay.krell@cornell.edu> To: <cmascott@world.std.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FBSD 3.3 install kernel can't detect disk on Promise Ultra33 IDE Message-ID: <001d01bf285c$707e4950$282579a5@jaykhome425.ix.netcom.com>
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I'm having almost the exact same problem that you asked about on September
29. Self admited hack pci_ide.c prints out the "adding disks to controller
4: 4 5 6 7" message, then later
wdc2 not found at 0xd800 - 0xdfff
wdc3 not found at 0xd000 - 0xd7fff
wdc4 not found at 0x0
The hex is approx. I've tried a few different combinations fo things in the
kernel config. The motherboard has wdc0 and wdc1, they work, the card I
guess should be wdc2 and wdc3, but the pci scan thing picks "controller 4"
(and I wonder, is this wdc4, wdc5, wdc?, or a isa number??) Nothing works.
Any attempts to use /dev/wdx or /dev/rwdx for x other than 0 or 1, like with
cat or fdisk or mount reports "device not configured".
This really sucks. The card is working right now under NT4.. (an Ultra66
card was flakey).
There's a TODO comment at the top of wd.c about it not supporting extended
partitions. Is this actually true? (So much for having the source, it's
unreadable..)
It's tempting to try Linux, but I really like the idea of one distribution
and the ports system..
Other less pressing concerns:
How do I configure the boot manager? Do I edit the table in the source
and rebuild it? I'm pretty sure I'll be able to configure the NT loader to
boot FreeBSD, since I got it to boot Linux years ago.
Once I pick a desktop in sysinstall, how do I switch? I think I figured
this out, by editing ~/.xinitrc and ~/.xsession to be one of
afterstep &
gnome-session
or
enlightment &
gnome-session
or
startkde
but it's certainly something that could be improved.
Also, anyone every try running the shell script xf86config instead of the
graphical one from sysinstall? Upon exist, the arrow don't work and even
space and return seem problematic.
- Jay
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