From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 14 10:28:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7F2C16A41B for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:28:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kimmoa@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E918D43D48 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:28:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kimmoa@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so240758uge for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:28:42 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:to:subject:references:from:content-type:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=D2wmqnOymDt9jMM+MyxrIke3ABthKqIOO0NayAPiDvPM3dISXJXmUmX4WRKYjsExElU8xllVMJikAsU8hBJJ9eIyFm63wL2BauHafns9RZsti8rcj4SCTEGH0t0leEJLUORGEUKKnddiIHZU1u3UWxAufyv85LqN3Re/X0UYUf8= Received: by 10.67.103.7 with SMTP id f7mr6383977ugm; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:05:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kimmoa.bredbandsbolaget.se ( [85.226.108.77]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id m1sm7694605ugc.2006.06.13.08.05.58; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:05:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:06:01 +0200 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20060613075701.GM57783@rink.nu> <20060613103157.GN57783@rink.nu> <20060613131935.GQ57783@rink.nu> <20060613145217.GR57783@rink.nu> From: "Kimmo Alm" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20060613145217.GR57783@rink.nu> User-Agent: Opera M2/8.54 (Win32, build 7730) Subject: Re: Annoying FreeBSD > 4.11 ASUS PSCH-SR/SATA mobo incompability X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:28:44 -0000 > Hey, > > My ASUS PSCH-SR/SATA won't work in FreeBSD versions over 4.x. I have > tested 5.x, 6.x and even a current 7.x one. > > CD: "bootonly". > Problem: Loads kernel, and then basically freezes, overwriting > characters on the screen (at the boot menu with the options). > > Among the zillions of things I've tested to solve this problem include: > Testing another videocard (PCI -- not on-board), testing without the > S-ATA enabled, updated BIOS to the latest version (hardware made in 2004 > and last BIOS update in late 2005), changing a ton of settings in the > BIOS, installing the OS on another box and moving the HDD... Nothing > works. > > The hardware cannot possibly not faulty as it can run Debian Linux or > FreeBSD 4.11 perfectly well. That's right. No probbies there. But I > don't want to run Linux and I don't want to run legacy FreeBSD... > > I don't know what else to say... I have really, really did my best and > tested every potentional solution. No luck. > > I am now asking you to please look into this and perhaps come up with > some kind of solution/patch. This is a standard hardware server > motherboard, which apparently has won a lot of awards for being so great > and flexible on top of that! It really makes little sense to me that > this would not be supported by FreeBSD! > > Also check out the Usenet thread with extra info: > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc/browse_thread/thread/c9f5097c099d1e71/ea90c898595972e6?hl=en& > > Thank you for reading this. I have finally found out what the error is. I hope this will help anyone who might be having the same problem. You simply switch off a jumper on the mobo which handles the RAID support. This causes the FreeBSD installer to come to its senses!