From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 21 15:31:14 2005 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 A270016A4CF for ; Sat, 21 May 2005 15:31:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakecmmtao06.coxmail.com (lakecmmtao06.coxmail.com [68.99.120.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A9B43D54 for ; Sat, 21 May 2005 15:31:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dns1 ([64.58.171.82]) by lakecmmtao06.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with ESMTP id <20050521153113.ENEX6121.lakecmmtao06.coxmail.com@dns1> for ; Sat, 21 May 2005 11:31:13 -0400 From: Vizion To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 08:26:31 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200505200619.41798.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <20050521104245.GA27958@voi.aagh.net> In-Reply-To: <20050521104245.GA27958@voi.aagh.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200505210826.31792.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 Boot issues - reposted X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 15:31:14 -0000 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 & > ). 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.