Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 08:26:31 -0700 From: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 Boot issues - reposted Message-ID: <200505210826.31792.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050521104245.GA27958@voi.aagh.net> References: <200505200619.41798.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <20050521104245.GA27958@voi.aagh.net>
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On Saturday 21 May 2005 03:42, the author Thomas Hurst contributed to the dialogue on Re: FreeBSD 5.3 Boot issues - reposted: & * Vizion (vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) wrote: & & > This system has been built in a mini ATX case and has a Proxim Harmony & > 802.11a Model 8150 PCI card on (I am on a boat - then intention is to & > be able to disconnect it from the ships network, lug it to a position & > in range of a wireless network and do a portupgrade as the need arises & > <chuckles>). Is this card recognized by freebsd. Is there a suitable & > driver? How do I set it up? & & Looks like it's based on the Prism2 chipset, which should be supported & by the wi(4) driver (man wi). kldload if_wi and see if it's detected, & and follow the examples in the driver manpage to set it up. & & > 2. Uhicio [GIANT LOCKED] What does this mean? & & It means the uhci (USB Host Controller) driver isn't multi-processor & safe, and thus needs to grab the Big Giant Lock around the kernel when & it's doing stuff to operate safely. Don't worry about it; if you really & want to get rid of it, it looks like it's been made MPSAFE in 5.4. & & > 3. (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Unretryable error & > What is the significance if any of these lines? & & USB mass storage devices use the SCSI Direct Access (da) driver. You & don't have any memory cards in your card reader, so attempts to read & from them to determine the size of the "disks" are producing an & unretryable error. Again, this is normal. & & > 4. I want to use energy saving (mainly to protect the drive from & > unnecessary risk of damage in rough weather) to turn off the hard & > drive when access is not required. How do I do that? & & Look at sysutils/ataidle. Taking measures to avoid unnecessary disk & access is left as an exercise for the reader ;) & Thankl you very much for a very helpful posting David -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May bound for Europe via Panama Canal.
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