Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 21:43:27 +0100 (MET) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@korin.warman.org.pl> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2-ALPHA hangs while calibrating clocks... Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961220214108.9185D-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <199612181100.WAA31169@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, Bruce Evans wrote: > >I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.2-ALPHA on my machine. Here is > >configuration: > > > >* MB SOYO Intel Triton HX, Pentium 120MHz, BIOS Award > >* 64MB RAM EDO, pipeline burst cache 512k > >* HDD IDE WDC32100 (2.1 GB) LBA mode 4, floppy drive etc... > >* 3c509 ISA ethernet adapter (ep0) > > > >The kernel is, of course, GENERIC 2.2-ALPHA. > > > >So, the installation itself goes well (although I used 2.1.6 install > >floppy), and then, after rebooting with newly installed system, it hangs > >almost forever (at least for 15 minutes :-) ) saying: > > > >Calibrating clock(s) relative to mc146818A clock... > > > >and then says it failed. > > > >So my question is: do I have a broken motherboard? Are there any options > >in kernel config that I should change in order to avoid this looong > >waiting? > > The RTC seems to be broken after the reboot. The calibration routine > just waits for the seconds counter to change twice. It apparently didn't > change for 15 minutes. There is a generous timeout of 100 million reads > of the seconds counter to give it a chance to change. Change it to 1 > million (in clock.c). > > Bruce > Thank you for your advice - I did so, and the problem is less frustrating - though I think I'll complain to the seller of the motherboard. Thanks. Andy, +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Andrzej Bialecki <abial@warman.org.pl> _) _) _)_) _)_)_) _) _) --------------------------------------- _)_) _) _) _) _)_) _)_) Research and Academic Network in Poland _) _)_) _)_)_)_) _) _) _) Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland _) _) _) _) _)_)_) _) _) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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