Rob, I think you may be on to something here. Not that I'm an expert, BTW. If I remember correctly, 4.11 doesn't use device.hints; device irq's and stuff were all included in the kernel configuration.
This is no longer the case with 5.x which uses /boot/device.hints to tell where attached devices are. But how does one edit device.hints on a boot cd? Dennis On Monday 28 March 2005 13:31, Rob wrote: > --- Randy Rowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 00:10 -0800, Rob wrote: > > > I have a very old Pentium-1 PC (60 MHz). > > > > > > I have installed 4.11, without any problems, > > > although the dmesg output has a line about buggy > > > ATA controller (see below for dmesg output). > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > 'dmesg' output after 4.11 installation: > > > > > > CPU: Pentium/P5 (58.18-MHz 586-class CPU) > > > atapci0: <RZ 100? ATA controller !WARNING! buggy > > > chip data loss possible> at device 1.0 on pci0 > > > atapci0: ATA channel disabled by BIOS > > > > If the above line is true, I am surprised that 4.11 > > works. > > Is the channel really disabled in BIOS? > > First of all, I'm not expert in these matters. I'm > just curious why I can install 4.11, but not 5.3. > (I wish I could install 5.3 !!). > > Indeed, the BIOS is a strange issue. > In the BIOS setup, I can select > 1) Standard CHS > 2) Logical block > 3) Extended CHS, > 4) Auto Detected > > But whatever I select here, when I get back into the > the BIOS setup, to verify check my settings, I > find that 1) is selected. Apparently this is what > means "disabled by BIOS", but I'm not sure. > > The 4.11 dmesg output has following: > > ------------------------------------------------ > CPU: Pentium/P5 (55.18-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x517 Stepping = 7 > Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8> > -//- > atapci0: <RZ 100? ATA controller !WARNING! buggy > chip data loss possible> at device 1.0 on pci0 > atapci0: ATA channel disabled by BIOS > -//- > ata0 at port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 irq 14 on isa0 > ata1 at port 0x170-0x177,0x376 irq 15 on isa0 > -//- > ad0: 520MB <ST3660A> [1057/16/63] at ata0-master > BIOSPIO > ------------------------------------------------ > > Notice that the harddisks are on isa0, not on > atapci0; probably because of this buggy chip and/or > BIOS problem. > > Could it be that 5.3 install cannot (yet?) handle > harddisks on isa properly? > Or must I help 5.3 by setting some hints/syscontrols > before loading the kernel? > > Thanks, > Rob. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Mars Trading 9620 Kamagong St., Makati, Manila, Philippines Phone: (632) 8952241 FAX: (632) 8996124 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
