From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 13 06:31:31 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 B05A316A4CE for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:31:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp801.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp801.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A876043D4C for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:31:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from krinklyfig@spymac.com) Received: from unknown (HELO smogmonster.com) (jtinnin@pacbell.net@64.171.1.210 with login) by smtp801.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Sep 2004 06:31:30 -0000 From: Joshua Tinnin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 23:31:47 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409122331.48027.krinklyfig@spymac.com> Subject: Re: booting beta3 on A7N8X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: krinklyfig@spymac.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:31:31 -0000 On Sunday 12 September 2004 02:56 pm, "Lee Harr" wrote: > On 2004-09-12, Joshua Tinnin wrote: > >Well, I'm not entirely sure, either, but in any event I don't think > >you'll need to go that far. However, I think you'll probably have to > >stick with 5.x so that your hardware will be supported. > > Thanks for your help. Once I disabled firewire in the BIOS, the > 5.3-beta3 booted and installed just fine. :o) That's funny ... you know, come to think of it I might have done this a long time ago, as I tend to configure the BIOS to just enable what I need or might use. Also, dmesg doesn't seem to indicate firewire is there, but there are a few unknowns that might be firewire. I primarily bought this board because of the AGP slot, Althon support and general reviews by overclockers and gamers, though I've read of some trouble with RAID and firewire on some OSes but haven't tried it myself. I figured if I really want to go with RAID I'll invest in a separate controller with a good reputation. Anyhoot, for general use these boards seem to work fine, and it sounds like it's not a big deal for you to not have firewire support, so there ya go. Have fun! :) - jt