From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 13 07:57:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AB2A16A418 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:57:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rink@rink.nu) Received: from mx0.rink.nu (thunderstone.rink.nu [80.112.228.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5A1643D58 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:57:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rink@rink.nu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx0.rink.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35FBA1706F; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:57:06 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rink.nu Received: from mx0.rink.nu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (thunderstone.rink.nu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id x3klgL3EVScd; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:57:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mx0.rink.nu (Postfix, from userid 1678) id 7FFA317058; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:57:01 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:57:01 +0200 From: Rink Springer To: Kimmo Alm Message-ID: <20060613075701.GM57783@rink.nu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HkMjoL2LAeBLhbFV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Annoying FreeBSD > 4.11 ASUS PSCH-SR/SATA mobo incompability X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:57:03 -0000 --HkMjoL2LAeBLhbFV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --HkMjoL2LAeBLhbFV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEjm/Nb3O60uztv/8RArKcAKDDPSrSL9Lwz1VIuTBoFGJW+KWaLwCdGxG+ V2gaaSd7aF4Dz7EHo8rMwJc= =kvXh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HkMjoL2LAeBLhbFV--