From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 30 23:26:38 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37E1316A4CE for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:26:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web54007.mail.yahoo.com (web54007.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.36.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A1EBB43D45 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:26:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spamrefuse@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 48094 invoked by uid 60001); 30 Mar 2005 23:26:37 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=ntUhoKykJLoIrXmxoQw30WvQ8AjYyhYzRz9HnfiqTTBJGXNdQGsq0FtG4fMNZO4pUE0U66fj5MNMZSRf0QkxgKS/YDFb4sOVLZJ3u5K4LPCuDctHhHwRnpNUnM/o1TwmvBjRQ82CDVNUCGr1zCLTvNbTdt9SHvV6RmbFMlkRnyg= ; Message-ID: <20050330232637.48092.qmail@web54007.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [147.46.44.181] by web54007.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:26:37 PST Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:26:37 -0800 (PST) From: Rob To: Doug White In-Reply-To: <20050329191350.G58510@carver.gumbysoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: buggy ATA controller: I can install 4.11, but not 5.3 !?! X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:26:38 -0000 --- Doug White 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