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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:57:01 +0200
From:      Rink Springer <rink@freebsd.org>
To:        Kimmo Alm <kimmoa@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Annoying FreeBSD > 4.11 ASUS PSCH-SR/SATA mobo incompability
Message-ID:  <20060613075701.GM57783@rink.nu>
In-Reply-To: <op.ta17n1tr8f86cr@kimmoa.bredbandsbolaget.se>
References:  <op.ta17n1tr8f86cr@kimmoa.bredbandsbolaget.se>

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Hi Kimmo,

> My ASUS PSCH-SR/SATA won't work in FreeBSD versions over 4.x. I have =20
> tested 5.x, 6.x and even a current 7.x one.

Try disabling the RAID BIOS; I have an ASUS PCH-DR which shows exactly
the same behaviour. Once I got rid of the on-board Promise RAID (Just
removing the drives did the trick), it would no longer install its BIOS
then and things would work perfectly.

I had exactly the same symptoms you describe (overwriting screen
charachters, freezes etc).

Seems to me the RAID BIOS is broken in same way. However, I have not yet
found a way to upgrade it. Linux worked in my case as well, but it does
not seem to support the RAID out-of-box (I couldn't get it to work with
a vanilla kernel, anyway), which hints even stronger that it is the
cause of the evil... no clue why FreeBSD 4.x works, though.

Good luck, let me know if this works.

--=20
Rink P.W. Springer                                - http://rink.nu
  "Richter: Tribute? You steal men's souls, and make them your slaves!
   Dracula: Perhaps the same could be said of all religions."
 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

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