Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:03:13 +0530 From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: craig@small-pla.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: error installing 5.3-stable - WRITE_DMA Message-ID: <b2807d0404110803337536223d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <002301c4c57f$ec9e43d0$6500a8c0@jupiter> References: <002301c4c57f$ec9e43d0$6500a8c0@jupiter>
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On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:44:25 +0100, craig <craig@small-pla.net> wrote: > > out of desperation, i'm going to install a linux distro that i happen to > have found laying about (as only linux disks can...) > if it installs fine, then i would assume that the *hardware* is fine and > that the problem must lie with fBSD. > is that a fair assumption? > Unfortunately it is not, FreeBSD is very very picky about hardware. If the hardware is not working 100% fine, FreeBSD would complain although Windoze and Linux would live happily with it. Regards S. -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India
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