Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:00:55 +0600 From: "Rashid N. Achilov" <achilov-rn@askd.ru> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Floppy drive on Intel m/b Message-ID: <200702191700.55722.achilov-rn@askd.ru>
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I had have catched by very strange and frustrating bug, which appeared only (at least by me) on Intel motherboards - D945GNT, DQ965GF. When I try to load GENERIC kernel, system stops sometime after detecting all HDD's, when probed FDD. When I try to load customized kernel, system stops here - it infinitely doing "FDD status" from SECOND FDD, which for ages switched off. I think some "more stupid" BIOS simply reported "no second FDD", but Intel hadn't these in their BIOS and kernel INFINITELY does request FDD status and boot stops here! I think, when doing probe (at least FDD's), unavailability status info sholud be equal "no device" That was a very simply solution: echo "hint.fd.1.disabled=\"1\"" >> /boot/device.hints But I think, here is invalid policy - boot MUST NOT stopped, even status info about some devices unavailable. -- With Best Regards. Rashid N. Achilov (RNA1-RIPE), Web: http://www.askd.ru/~shelton OOO "ACK" telecommunications administrator, e-mail: achilov-rn [at] askd.ru PGP: 83 CD E2 A7 37 4A D5 81 D6 D6 52 BF C9 2F 85 AF 97 BE CB 0A
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