Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:11:17 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Omar Revueltas <omar@pluggedin.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Compaq evo "BTX Halted" error solution Message-ID: <XFMail.20030731131117.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3F28400A.6090808@pluggedin.org>
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On 30-Jul-2003 Omar Revueltas wrote: > I've seen some "BTX Halted" error's with Compaq Evo desktops around > google and some of them dont work. > I installed FreeBSD 4.7 succesfully by: > going to the BIOS and setting under the Device options > to MAX PIO for the HardDrive > to MAX PIO for the CDROM > to MAX PIO for the defaults > > I've done this four times on different machines and the BTX Halted error > dissapeared. This is because the DMA support in the BIOS does some hoky stuff. I am sort of working on a solution to this. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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