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Date:      Sat, 04 Dec 2004 13:03:56 +0100
From:      Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz@wanadoo.es>
To:        Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I can not install FreeBSD 5.3 in an old Pentium 100 MHz
Message-ID:  <41B1A7AC.3070003@wanadoo.es>
In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEELLEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
References:  <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEELLEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>

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 >Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

> Keep in mind that the way this bug works is when you have a hard disk
> on the first IDE controller and a CDROM on the second (as you do here)
> when they are both transferring data at the same time the CMD 640 chip
> corrupts the data.  You can fix it by moving the CD to the same
> cable as the hard drive.

Thank you very much Ted.

> 
> 
>>  pci0: <Cirrus Logic GD5434 SVGA controller> at 4.0
>>  pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x1274, dev=0x5880) at 14.0 irq 9
>>  rl0: <RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 
>>0x4000000-0x40000ff irq 5 at device 15.0 on pci0
>>  rl0: Ethernet address: 00:02:44:76:07:ca
> 
> 
> The Realtek ethernet card here is another one to keep an eye on.
> The cards work OK but have difficulty at times getting the correct
> speed and duplex negotiation.  Keep that in mind if you ever find
> the network acting strangly.

Thanks for the advice.

See you.
Ramiro.


> 
> Ted
> 
> 



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