Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:27:12 +0100 From: Arjan Van Leeuwen <avleeuwen@gmail.com> To: Christian Lackas <c.lackas@kfa-juelich.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hw.ata.ata_dma="0": can I do this during bootup at the loader prompt? Message-ID: <d86b487304121004275ff9f0bf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041209183140.GB2679@zel726.zel.kfa-juelich.de> References: <41B7E193.4090807@yahoo.com> <41B86489.8070306@freebsd.org> <20041209183140.GB2679@zel726.zel.kfa-juelich.de>
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On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 19:31:40 +0100, Christian Lackas <c.lackas@kfa-juelich.de> wrote: > * Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> [041209 15:59]: > > Hello, > > > > It would be nice if I can set hw.ata.ata_dma="0" at the loader > > > prompt during bootup, so that the system at least will boot from > > > harddisk. Is that possible? > > Yes, that's possible. Drop the loader to the prompt and do the following: > > set hw.ata.ata_dma=0 > > boot > > btw: I have a similar problems, but not with the boot disc, but one of > my data drives, thus I want ata_dma enabled for the other discs. > > I have to dispatch a > > atacontrol mode 1 foo UDMA33 > > to set this drive (slave on second controller) to UDMA33 (otherwise it > would use UDMA100). But I have to do it before /etc/rc.d/fsck starts > accessing the device. Right now I've added above line to the beginning > of aforesaid script. > Is there a nicer/better place to tell the kernel (don't like editing the > rc-scripts). You can use /etc/rc.early for that. You'll have to create it if it doesn't yet exist. Put 'atacontrol mode 1 foo UDMA33' in it, and it should execute that command before mounting the drives. Best regards, Arjan > > Best regards > Christian > > -- > http://www.lackas.net/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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