From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 11 18:33:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70EAC14E5B for ; Sun, 11 Apr 1999 18:33:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA07738; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:01:03 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id LAA51146; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:01:02 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19990412110101.D2142@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:01:01 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Missouri FreeNet Administration , Jonathan Walther Cc: rick hamell , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: k6-2/400 and 2.2x References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Missouri FreeNet Administration on Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 07:44:19PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday, 11 April 1999 at 19:44:19 -0500, Missouri FreeNet Administration wrote: > On Sun, 11 Apr 1999 17:39:20 -0700 (PDT), Jonathan Walther wrote: >> 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. >> >> maybe you need Jesus Monroy's "New *BSD floppy driver". > > I would consider this, *except*, I have the same problem on a preloaded > hard drive as well... > > <<>> I don't think that Jonathan was completely serious. 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