Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 07:30:55 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx>, Steve Warwick <ukla@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oops! rc.conf mistake Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20021023073055.00e357f8@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <3DB64FB0.1070306@401.cx> References: <B9DA4A89.3A34%ukla@attbi.com>
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At 09:28 AM 10.23.2002 +0200, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: >Steve Warwick wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> I wonder if anyone can tell me how to get out of this stupid mistake. >> >> I edited rc.conf to add a virtual interface and left a quote off the end >> (unterminated string) - now I cannot get past mounting root, so no editors. >> And before you ask, no, I did not backup rc.conf... I told you it was >> stupid. >> >> BTW: I noticed that ad0 is "limited to UDMA33" - I have UDMA133 motherboard >> and drive so, I this really true? >> >> >> TIA, >> >> Steve >> >Since other have answered the rc.conf question, I give the "limited to >UDMA33" a shot. >Are you using a UDMA133 cable? I cant recall the UDMA133 specs, but I >know UDMA66 and 100 use a different cable then UDMA33. UDMA133 might >use the same cable as 66 and 100, but Im certain a 33 cable would >force the drive to be UDMA33 only, even if both drive and controller >is capable of UDMA133. >It might also be a BIOS issue, check your settings. > >-- >R > I have noticed that some CD-ROM drives will make the system think it is on a non-compliant cable or UDMA33. For instance, this from dmesg on one machine with an older CD_ROM drive. "ata1-master: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 compliant cable" If I change to a newer CD player, it's okay. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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