From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 22 15:46:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E7A216A40F for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:46:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dick@nagual.nl) Received: from nagual.nl (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [82.74.7.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7187D43D46 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:46:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1000) by nagual.nl with local; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:46:49 +0200 id 0003982F.45140569.0000690E Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:46:49 +0200 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060922154649.GA26855@lothlorien.nagual.nl> References: <15af975d0609212321r29fdd287p462ae0f2b7e404b4@mail.gmail.com> <15af975d0609220725s1206d7ebr53589adbc1b9c17@mail.gmail.com> <4513F5B0.9030300@goodforbusiness.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4513F5B0.9030300@goodforbusiness.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i From: dick hoogendijk Subject: Re: bug on BTX X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:46:52 -0000 On 22 Sep Dominic Marks wrote: > CyberSans AirBort wrote: > >i have tested 6.2-BETA and the same problem still appear when i want to > >install it into compaq evo desktop; BTX HALTED. > Go into the BIOS, disable BIOS DMA transfers **. After that it will boot > normally. I have about 20 EVOs, which this change they run fine. This is > true of all versions of FreeBSD I have ever tried. Still remains the question on why FreeBSD is not able to boot when bios DMA transfers are set set to on, while XP and linux just do what they're supposed to. It should not be necessary i.m.h.o. -- dick -- http://nagual.nl/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 6.1 +++ Solaris 10 6/06 ++