From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 25 16:44:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA29456 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 16:44:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA29451 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 16:44:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from vdp01.vailsystems.com (root@vdp01.vailsystems.com [207.152.98.18]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id QAA13256 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 16:44:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from crocodile.vale.com (crocodile [204.117.217.147]) by vdp01.vailsystems.com (8.8.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA04840; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:42:56 -0600 (CST) Received: from slave1 (slave1.vale.com [204.117.217.100]) by crocodile.vale.com (8.8.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA24797; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:42:52 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <331386FD.5BDA@vailsys.com> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:42:37 -0600 From: Dan Riley Reply-To: driley@vailsys.com X-Sender: Dan Riley (Unverified) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b1 (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "William A. Gianopoulos" CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA problem with Diamond Speedstar 64 graphics adapter X-Priority: Normal References: <199702241852.NAA05740@rnccsun1.eo.ray.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk William A. Gianopoulos wrote: > > gianowa writes: > > I recently got a used 486/33 machine for $100. I decided to try to get it > > to run both Windows 95 and FreeBSD, so I could use it as a backup for my > > Pentium system which runs both OSes. > > > > My first problem came when I needed to put in an IDE controller with an > > enhanced disk BIOS, as the BIOS on the motherboard did not work with > > disks with more than 1023 cylinders. It turned out that FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE, > > which is what I am running on my Pentium, will not boot if I have the > > card with the enhanced disk BIOS in the System. Someone posted a response > > saying that it would work with 2.1.5. I tried it, and it did. > > > > My next problem was that the neither the 2.1.5 nor the 2.1.6 install > > floppies would recognize my IDE CED-ROM drive, so I would not be able to > > install from CD. However, the Feburary 5th gamma of 2.2 does recognize > > my CD-ROM drive, so I thought all was OK, as I would just wait for 2.2. > > > > I then bought a Diamond Speedstar 64 ISA graphics board with 1MB memory, > > as the board it came with only did 640x480 16 colors. Now I seem to have > > a new problem. Although 2.1.5 and 2.1.6 boot up OK with this graphics > > board, the 2.2-GAMMA install floppy does not. After it decompresses the > > kernel and goes to execute it, the screen displays complete garbage. > > > > I don't think there is anything wrong with the graphics card, as Windows 95 > > seems to display OK in all the supported resolutions and number of color > > options which are supposed to work with a 1MG graphics card. > > > > My Pentium system, however, which also has a Cirrus S3 based accelerated > > graphics card with 1MB memory boots from the 2.2-GAMMA install floppy > > just fine. > > > > Any ideas? > > As 2 more datapoints on this problem, I have subsequently tried the > 2.1.7-RELEASE boot floppy which works just fine, and the Feb 15th 2.2-GAMMA, > which fails in the same manner as the Feb 5th GAMMA. > > -- > William A. Gianopoulos; Raytheon Company > gianowa@eo.ray.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > This is my personal opinion and not that of my employer. I too have this problems with my 2mb Diamond card(cl chipset). I tried the 2.1.6 boot floppy and it uncompressed the kernel just fine but 2.2 displayed complete garbage, although a older Diamond with the ET4000 chipset werked just fine.