From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 13 12:33:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA25385 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:33:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA25369 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:33:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA03618; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:32:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:32:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Don Morrison cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: so-called "spindown" problem In-Reply-To: <364BAEF1.F99866E3@u.washington.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Don Morrison wrote: > > Actually, it appears that the disk controller is loosing the DMA channel. > > Perhaps you have two devices sharing a DMA channel, like a soundcard? > > > > I do have an old sb awe-32 installed, how (where) can I check to see if > this is what's causing the problem? Will the boot up configuration > editor shed some light on this? It depends if your AWE32 is Plug&Play or not. If it is, try building a kernel with controller pnp0 in it; if not, boot to DOS and run DIAGNOSE.EXE out of the tools. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message