From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 8 13:37:53 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27A8916A4E2 for ; Sun, 8 May 2005 13:37:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (80-202-4-58.dd.nextgentel.com [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF22C43D1F for ; Sun, 8 May 2005 13:37:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IG600CUCH0T6G90@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sun, 08 May 2005 17:43:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from dsa.des.no ([80.203.228.37]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IG6002RHBCGKY90@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sun, 08 May 2005 15:41:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: by dsa.des.no (Pony Express, from userid 666) id 2142445165; Sun, 08 May 2005 15:37:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from xps.des.no (xps.des.no [10.0.0.12]) by dsa.des.no (Pony Express) with ESMTP id 843E945157; Sun, 08 May 2005 15:37:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7B7D333C3B; Sun, 08 May 2005 15:37:13 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 15:37:13 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) In-reply-to: To: Henry Message-id: <86acn5sut2.fsf@xps.des.no> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on dsa.des.no References: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Legacy hardware dropped in 5.X X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 13:37:53 -0000 Henry writes: > To try and explain it more, it is an old compaq presario that uses a > weird AGP? slot to attach another board to the main motherboard. The > extra attachment board has ISA/PCI slots on it for me to install > network cards on. That's not a custom bus extender slot, not an AGP slot. > This is a problem I see because removing it gets > 5.X installed, but having it attached doesn't. Try booting in safe mode (which disables the APIC, and may help if your bus extender has a broken PCI-PCI bridge) DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no