Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 16:05:18 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Ron Klinkien <ron@zappa.demon.nl> Subject: Re: Athlon Power and FreeBSD-STABLE experiences. Message-ID: <20010525.16051800@bartequi.ottodomain.org> References: <000d01c0e50e$dc7f3180$9601a8c0@denhartogh.nl>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 5/25/01, 1:35:24 PM, "Ron Klinkien" <ron@zappa.demon.nl> wrote regard= ing Athlon Power and FreeBSD-STABLE experiences.: > I have no questions but just a write down of my experience > with installing fbsd on a fast new system, maybe it helps others. <snip> > After browsing through some hardware forums I choose for: > ABit KT7A, Athlon TBird 1.2Ghz/133FSB, 256MB PC133 mem > and IBM Deskstar 60GXP (IC35L040) 40Gb ATA100 disk. <snip> > Tried an old FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE CD and it installed fine > strange enough. But after rebooting I got "UDMA ICRC switching back to= PIO4" > errors. ;-((((( > Searching the fbsd archives I found alot of people with VIA 686 chips > which had the same problems. Forcing to PIO mode is a no-no for me, > -I didn't buy an UDMA100 disk/ctrl for nothing.- > And using spiffy new hardware and correct 80-wire cables and everythin= g, > I decided to upgrade via cvsup to 4.3-STABLE, and build world/kernel, > this all went fine. (With PIO mode enabled temporary) > And after rebooting all the UDMA problems were gone!! <snip> <longing for an Athlon 1/1.2 Ghz and an ASUS A7M266 mobo...> Is anyone currently running 4-S on this hardware, with **IDE** disks? I know about installing/booting problems affecting 4.3-R: the VIA 686 chip did not work correctly with IDE disks. It seems that I should write "did not use to work correctly", and "the ASUS A7M266 M.B. works fine under -STABLE. Am I missing something ? TIA, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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