Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:26:37 -0800 (PST) From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: buggy ATA controller: I can install 4.11, but not 5.3 !?! Message-ID: <20050330232637.48092.qmail@web54007.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050329191350.G58510@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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--- Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Mars Trading wrote: > > > I think you may be on to something here. Not that > >I'm an expert, BTW. If I remember correctly, > > 4.11 doesn't use device.hints; > > device irq's and stuff were all included in the > > kernel configuration. > > > > This is no longer the case with 5.x which uses > > /boot/device.hints to > > tell where attached devices are. But how does one > > edit device.hints on a boot cd? > > You set the variables from the loader with the "set" > command. For example, if you need to add this to > device.hints: > > hint.ata.0.at="isa" > > type this on the loader command line: > > set hint.ata.0.at="isa" > > On 4.x the hints were configured so that it would > still probe the ISA > resources if the PCI attachments failed. On 5.x this > is likely not the > case. However on 5.x that "disabled by BIOS" > message is gone so it should > attach if that particular message was the reason > before. However someone > clipped that message from the output so I don't even > know why its failing to attach in the first place. I've got a few other 5.3-Stable (5.4-PreRelease) PCs here. On these machines I get: $ grep hint.ata.0 /boot/device.hints hint.ata.0.at="isa" hint.ata.0.port="0x1F0" hint.ata.0.irq="14" $ grep hint.ata.0 /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints hint.ata.0.at="isa" hint.ata.0.port="0x1F0" hint.ata.0.irq="14" So it's already there! I suppose it's the same with the 5.3 installation floppies, or isn't it? Or would me setting it manually at the loader prompt, have a different effect? > So its said again .. > > Use a different ATA controller. Please. The RZ1000 > series should not be > used under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER. I've got not really a choice here. This is a 10 year old Pentium-1 PC, which I would like to use. I'm not a hardware expert, but your advice would mean to throw this PC away? Or can I replace the ATA controller easily myself? I have already put this machine under moderate load and recompiled/installed a new world/kernel without any problems. Apparently 4.11 knows how to bypass the flaws of this buggy ATA controller. At least that's my impression. Would 5.3 or 5.4 do this as-good here? Regards, Rob. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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