Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 17:39:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Jonathan Walther <krooger@debian.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Missouri FreeNet Administration <measl@mfn.org>, rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: k6-2/400 and 2.2x Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990411173819.3472A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990412093141.T2142@lemis.com>
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maybe you need Jesus Monroy's "New *BSD floppy driver". Jonathan On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 11 April 1999 at 10:48:34 -0500, Missouri FreeNet Administration wrote: > >>> Is there any known incompatability with this processor and 2.2.5R? I am > >>> having problems on this platform, on more than one machine. > >> > >> Nope... whats your problem? > > > > We just purchased an Asus P5AB motherboard and K6-2/400 for a new FBSD > > server. We can boot and install from the CD, *but*, we are unable to boot > > FBSD from either floppy or hard drive. One read and the machine freezes. > > Why on earth I should be able to read and run from CD nad not from > > magnetic media is beyond me, but... > > It's not that simple. > > > Even thought the problem is the same on both floppies and hard drives, > > I've tried altering the hard drive mode just for the hell of it: no > > effect. LBA/Normal/Large/Auto all give the same response. I've tried > > turning off UDMA, block reads, etc., all to no effect. This machine > > passes all diagnostics, and loads/runs RHL5.2, and Win NT4.0/SP4 without > > any errors or problems of any kind (including the loading of the boot > > sector from floppies). > > What kind of disks and controller are you using? What chipset? Does > it freeze, or does it hang? For example, can you still toggle the > NumLock light on the keyboard? What bus speed are you using? Does it > still occur if you go back to a 66 MHz bus speed? > > I suppose it's possible that there is an incompatibility with 2.2.5R, > just that we haven't seen it, and it's unlikely to be directly related > to the processor. But it would still make sense to install > FreeBSD-3.1, since you're not going to get much help following a real > bug in 2.2.5. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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