Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 22:31:33 -0500 (CDT) From: delerium@eagle.ais.net (Synaesthesia) To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: External cache weirdness Message-ID: <m0ubIf7-000W29C@eagle.ais.net>
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I've recently picked up a 512k pipeline burst cache module for my P133/Intel Triton system. Plugging this into the motherboard results in some very interesting if unsettling behavior when the system tries to boot. First off, with the cache enabled, the post-POST BIOS information screen misidentifies the size of my 1707MB IBM IDE drive as a drive with more or less random incorrect (in some cases inconceivable--25GB?) size. This is strange, because when I actually go into the CMOS setup, the drive is identified consistently as 1707MB without problem. Then the "Boot: " prompt appears. Hitting enter at this point, or allowing things to time out and begin the kernel load, results in the video shifting wildly out of whack such that the text on the screen jumps to strange positions. The system then stops cold for a few seconds, and promptly reboots. If I disable the external cache, none of the above symptoms occur. Ideas? Pentium-S 133MHz (what's the significance of the ``S'', anyway?) Intel Triton chipset (EIDE, PCI) 1.7GB IBM IDE drive 32mb 60ns EDO RAM (2 16mb 72-pin SIMMs) FreeBSD 2.2-960612-SNAP -- delerium@ais.net
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