Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2

2000-03-22 Thread Brian Beattie
: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > Brian Beattie| This email was produced using professional quality, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | standards based software. Users of Microsoft [EMAIL PROTECTED] | produc

Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2

2000-03-22 Thread Brian Beattie
bigdisk.flp ? Or Maybe: kern.144 mfsroot.144 boot.288 or kern-144.flp root-144.flp boot-288.flp Brian Beattie| This email was produced using professional quality, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | standards based software. Users of Microsoft [EMAIL PROTECTED] | p

RC3

2000-03-10 Thread Brian Beattie
me. Over the install went well, I will finish configuring tonight and see how it goes. Brian Beattie| This email was produced using professional quality, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | standards based software. Users of Microsoft [EMAIL PROTECTED] | products or other substandard

Re: FreeBSD 4.0 release candidate #3 now available.

2000-03-08 Thread Brian Beattie
On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Bob Willcox wrote: > On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 04:45:39PM -0800, Brian Beattie wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/alpha/4.0-2307-CURRENT > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.o

Re: FreeBSD 4.0 release candidate #3 now available.

2000-03-08 Thread Brian Beattie
ots/ISO-IMAGES/4.0-2307-CURRENT/ > I tried to burn this image and it was too big for a standard 74 min CD. Brian Beattie| This email was produced using professional quality, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | standards based software. Users of Microsoft [EMAIL PROTECTED] | products

panics and hangs under 4.0-current

2000-02-28 Thread Brian Beattie
0 current process = Idle interrupt mask = cam kernel: type 12 trap, code=0 Stopped at adw_intr+0x131: pushl 0x5c(%esi) db> call cpu_reset() Brian Beattie| The only problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED] | winning the rat race ... www.aracnet.com/~beattie

Serial console on sio3

2000-02-25 Thread Brian Beattie
that after selecting the partition(slice), it prints the "-h" and opens sio0!, since I have a mouse on that port, the boot hangs. If I disconnect the mouse before booting, the boot succeeds. the system is 4.0 current from this week. any hints? Brian Beattie| The only prob

Re: feedback on CD install of 4.0-RC2

2000-02-19 Thread Brian Beattie
is the ability to skip steps and to do steps in the wrong order so that the install will fail. Standard/Express/Exceptional. Would be my vote, if I had a vote which I'm sure I don't. Brian Beattie| The only problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED] | winning the rat race ... www.aracnet.com/~beattie | in the end you're still a rat To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message

Re: freezing

2000-02-18 Thread Brian Beattie
if anybody is interested. For me the trigger seems to be heavy disk activity. configuration summary: K6-2 333, 80MB, aha2940(I think, adaptec PCI ultra), 4 2GB segate SCSI drives. Brian Beattie| The only problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED] | winning the rat race ... www.aracne

Re: feedback on CD install of 4.0-RC2

2000-02-18 Thread Brian Beattie
ll in the most logical order and nothing more. I would say if people are getting the impression that Anatoly has that it probably be renamed because IMHO it really is more convienient without sacrificeing any functionality. I'm not sure what I would call it since "Standard" might g

Re: recording does not work

2000-02-04 Thread Brian Beattie
On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Christopher Masto wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 09:07:49PM -0800, Brian Beattie wrote: > > A kernel, current, sources cvsuped today. When I try to record from line, > > (source does not seem to matter), I get full scale white noise. > > > > The

Re: PAIN

2000-02-02 Thread Brian Beattie
y no-one did 8 > > way SMP with these! > > /me recalls a 32-processor Sequent box, all 386/25s, in the test lab at > Unisys. > Yes, but those were 386DX 25, not 386sx, the sx had a 16 bit bus. Brian Beattie| The only problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED] | winning the rat

recording does not work

2000-02-01 Thread Brian Beattie
on isa0 --- Brian Beattie| The only problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED] | winning the rat race ... www.aracnet.com/~beattie | in the end you're still a rat To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current&qu

Re: PAIN

2000-01-30 Thread Brian Beattie
> /me looks at the stack of 386sx chips he has and wonders why no-one did 8 > > way SMP with these! > > You never heard of the Sequent boxes, did you? :) Sequent never did 386SX, they did 386DX > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with

Re: Problems installing FreeBSD 4.0 20000125-CURRENT

2000-01-27 Thread Brian Beattie
hen I do > that (sometimes), and I may have hit enter twice rapidly on this > reboot. > > Bill Hmmm, I wonder it the boot loader is doing something funny in initializing the keyboard. Maybe something changed? Brian Beattie| The only problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED] |

Re: Problems installing FreeBSD 4.0 20000125-CURRENT

2000-01-27 Thread Brian Beattie
oint, it has never been enough of a hassle for me to try to understand exactally what is going on, I just hook up a spare 101-key keyboard. Brian Beattie| The only problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED] | winning the rat race ... www.aracnet.com/~beattie | in the end you're still a rat To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message

building modules

2000-01-25 Thread Brian Beattie
ect. Am I doing something wrong, did something change, or do I just not understand? Brian Beattie| The only problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED] | winning the rat race ... www.aracnet.com/~beattie | in the end you're still a rat To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

UDF

2000-01-13 Thread Brian Beattie
having somebody else show up with a completed implementation. Brian Beattie| The only problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED] | winning the rat race ... www.aracnet.com/~beattie | in the end you're still a rat To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebs

Re: Your misleading, no, LYING message to me

2000-01-03 Thread Brian Beattie
Having read, the first article or so on this subject, I decided that it had absolutely no merit. However; seeing an article by you I figured that it would be at least interesting. I was not disapointed. Thank you. Brian Beattie| The only problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: AIC

1999-03-31 Thread Brian Beattie
pt for the pccard stuff there is much better stuff than the 6x60 based hardware. Brian Beattie| The only problem with beat...@aracnet.com | winning the rat race ... www.aracnet.com/~beattie | in the end you're still a rat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org

Re: aic0 and CAM

1999-03-03 Thread Brian Beattie
s > to process an interrupt (CyrixInstead 8x86 at over 200MHz) does not look > right > Unless it is a really slow tape drive, I'd get a better adapter. In any case, As I said much of the protocol must be implemented by the CPU, most of this happens in the interrupt routine. Bri

Re: aic0 and CAM

1999-03-03 Thread Brian Beattie
even if I were to get DMA working. The problem is that the aic6360 chip is pretty primative, requireing the CPU to manage much of the SCSI bus signaling. I would not use this type of card for disk if I could avoid it, and probably not for tape either, I have a scanner I plan to use with

aic driver status

1999-01-23 Thread Brian Beattie
and buy all new hardware. I am currently trying to diagnose the problem, (it could be one or more of: controller, cpu, memory, motherboard). While I would still like to do the driver myself, if there is anybody out there who is itching to work on it themselves you might get in touch with me. Brian