From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 28 11:21: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.venon.com (ns1.venon.com [64.7.7.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7BC337B423 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 11:20:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from megalomaniac.biosys.net (megalomaniac.venon.com [64.7.7.82]) by ns1.venon.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC1ADD1430 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:22:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000828142008.00b39820@mail.megapathdsl.net> X-Sender: X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:23:43 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Allen Landsidel Subject: Re:install woes with 4.1-RELEASE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Found the following searching usenet... if this is true, is this patch/workaround going to be implemented? I'd rather not stick to 3.x on the laptop unless I really have to.. I don't have an option to install a different controller, seeing as how this is a laptop.. //...usenet post... >During installation of the second install floppy, mfsroot, I can't get >past the kernel configuration. The oustanding messages are >"atpci0: Busmastering DMA not supported" >"Panic: resource_list_alloc: resource entry is busy I just went through this with my 90 MHz Pentium... Basically, your motherboard's onboard IDE controller is broken, and the new ATA driver doesn't include the fix for this that the old WDC driver did (remember 'options "CMD640"' in your kernel config file?). The solution is to get a hold of a Promise Technologies' Ultra33 PCI controller card ($29), hook your hard drive(s) and CDROM to it, and disable the motherboard's IDE controllers in the system setup (disable the controller or set all drives to 'none' or 'not installed'). Don't use the Promise Ultra66, as it doesn't support ATAPI devices like CDROMs. (I learned this the $49 hard way :-) If you need any help, let me know... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message