Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 21:32:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Eric Berenguier <Eric.Berenguier@sycomore.fr> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! Floppy drive problem: crash the computer ! Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960730213045.371D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <v01530504ae23d07cc2fe@[192.134.92.34]>
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On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Eric Berenguier wrote: > >Ouch. Have you checked your floppy drive cable, drive, and controller? > >Wow, it must be nasty if it panics the system. :( > > > I forgot to say the controller card was vesa local bus. > I've tried another controller card (isa) and it worked fine > > are there any known problem with vlb cards ? > is there a patch to solve the problem ? > it's obviously a software problem, because it works fine with msdos. Not exactly. FreeBSD twists your hardware in ways that MS-DOS would never, and can uncover hidden bugs in firmware. If an ISA card works fine then I would try to find a different VLB card. Avoid the Promise brand cards, they aren't 100% compatible. Also double-check your IRQ assignments and make sure no two things are using the same IRQ. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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