Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 00:57:30 -0500 (EST) From: Jonathan Smith <jonsmith@dragonstar.dhs.org> To: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UDMA interfering with install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106120055070.898-100000@dragonstar.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <200106120550.f5C5oXP85193@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za>
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That's good enough. :) Thanks.... Maybe _that_ will keep that ata code from over-riding the bios to disable dma (or maybe the bios just wasn't doing it's job right ;) j. -- When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance -- I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack Jon C.: [Microsoft] pops up all over the place Jon S.: Like a Virus -- From an online discussion one night Jon Smith On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, John Hay wrote: > Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 07:50:33 +0200 (SAT) > From: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> > To: Jonathan Smith <jonsmith@dragonstar.dhs.org> > Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: UDMA interfering with install > > > > > Unfortunately, the UDMA chipset on my ASUS P5A doesn't work well with > > Western Vegetable drives.... So, I need to forcibly sysctl it into pio > > mode. Is there *any* way to do this from sysinstall on the > > 5.0-200105250-CURRENT (or later snap on current.freebsd.org) floppy > > bootup? > > Well I don't know of a way to do it in sysinstall, but here is the way > I did it a few days ago: > > Boot your machine with the install floppies and when it gives the message: > > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > > press any other key to get to the loader prompt. Then type: > > set hw.ata.ata_dma=0 > boot > > Then just go through the normal installation procedure. When you are > finished with the installation and the machine reboots, break at the > loader prompt again and do the same thing. After that login and add > the next line to /boot/loader.conf > > hw.ata.ata_dma=0 > > Now you should be set. :-) > > John > -- > John Hay -- John.Hay@icomtek.csir.co.za > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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