From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 1 14:45:30 2004 Return-Path: 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 98B9A16A4CE for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:45:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from the-macgregors.org (82-33-59-105.cable.ubr06.stav.blueyonder.co.uk [82.33.59.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 819D343D46 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:45:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd.macgregor@blueyonder.co.uk) X-Urban-Legend: Mail headers contain urban legends Received: from fire (fire.macgregor [192.168.32.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by the-macgregors.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i51LjRLe006907 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 21:45:27 GMT Message-Id: <200406012145.i51LjRLe006907@the-macgregors.org> From: "Rob MacGregor" To: Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 22:45:27 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Thread-Index: AcRH1Q5+dPi4oCLFQXWtcupkAQXLbQAS64Pw In-Reply-To: <40BB6D84.70202@lineone.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://www.amavis.org/) Subject: RE: 5.2.1 on EPIA M1000 board X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 21:45:30 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robert Downes > > I posted this to freebsd-questions, and someone replied with > something > along the lines of 'me too' - they say that they can run 5.2.1 on a > Compact Flash card, but will get wild problems too if they attempt to > boot it from any hard disk. Actually, that would have been me at comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc :) I see the same problem with 5.2 onwards (I haven't tried older parts of the 5.x series). The board in question is a Via Eden board (http://www.lex.com.tw:8080/product/CV860A.htm). If build a disk on another system and plug it in I get a series of CRC errors until the boot fails. If I plug that disk back into the other system it works fine. If I install onto a CF card (using the boards built in CF-IDE adapter) it works fine, but fails horribly with CRC errors if I try to access the disk. I get the same problems with a good cable from another system. It makes no difference with or without ACPI and happens regardless of the UDMA/PIO mode selected in the BIOS. As the system in question is currently doing nothing I'm happy to try just about anything in tracking this down. Keeping in mind that you can't read/write the hard disk :) -- Rob | Oh my God! They killed init! You bastards!