From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 12 15:33:06 2003 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 C478416A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:33:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.covadmail.net (mx05.covadmail.net [63.65.120.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C615D43D39 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:32:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from strick@covad.net) Received: (covad.net 2727 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2003 23:32:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mist.nodomain) (67.101.100.129) by sun-qmail16 with SMTP; 12 Dec 2003 23:32:51 -0000 Received: from mist.nodomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mist.nodomain (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBCNWdSv000424; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:32:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@mist.nodomain) Received: (from dan@localhost) by mist.nodomain (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id hBCNWdgr000423; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:32:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:32:39 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Strick Message-Id: <200312122332.hBCNWdgr000423@mist.nodomain> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: dan@mist.nodomain Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.x-RELEASE on the intel 875 or 865-series chipsets 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, 12 Dec 2003 23:33:06 -0000 The author of the following email apparently had difficulty sending this to freebsd-questions, so I am forwarding it to the mailing list without comment. DRS > From CMcMahon@loronix.com Fri Dec 12 14:11:27 2003 > From: "McMahon, Chris" > To: ... > Subject: FreeBSD 4.8 will not boot on 865 motherboard in any mode! > Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:36:42 -0700 > > Hello... > I'm afraid my mail to the BSD board bounces-feel free to re-send > this... > I have just discovered that FreeBSD 4.8 does not boot 865 > motherboards in either "Enhanced" or "Legacy" mode. But I know from > experience that FreeBSD 4.9 and 5.1 both handle the 865 though, in either > mode-the problem is in the ata driver, and has been cropping up for some > time, although I haven't found a root cause. > As a workaround, I'm using a 4.9 kernel in a 4.8 installation. It's > ugly, but it'll get me through the night... > -Chris