Re: hw.ata.ata_dma="0": can I do this during bootup at the

2004-12-13 Thread Christian Lackas
* Erik Hollensbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041211 16:55]: Hi Erik, > > > I have to dispatch a > > >atacontrol mode 1 foo UDMA33 > > You can use /etc/rc.early for that. You'll have to create it if it > > doesn't yet exist. Put 'atacontrol mode 1 foo UDMA33' in it, and it > > should execute that com

Re: hw.ata.ata_dma="0": can I do this during bootup at the

2004-12-11 Thread Erik Hollensbe
It would be nice if I can set hw.ata.ata_dma="0" at the loader prompt during bootup, so that the system at least will boot from harddisk. Is that possible? Yes, that's possible. Drop the loader to the prompt and do the following: set hw.ata.ata_dma=0 boot btw: I have a similar problems, but not w

Re: hw.ata.ata_dma="0": can I do this during bootup at the loader prompt?

2004-12-10 Thread Arjan Van Leeuwen
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 19:31:40 +0100, Christian Lackas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Scott Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041209 15:59]: > > Hello, > > > > It would be nice if I can set hw.ata.ata_dma="0" at the loader > > > prompt during bootup, so that the system at least will boot from > > > harddisk

Re: hw.ata.ata_dma="0": can I do this during bootup at the loader prompt?

2004-12-09 Thread Christian Lackas
* Scott Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041209 15:59]: Hello, > > It would be nice if I can set hw.ata.ata_dma="0" at the loader > > prompt during bootup, so that the system at least will boot from > > harddisk. Is that possible? > Yes, that's possible. Drop the loader to the prompt and do the followi

Re: hw.ata.ata_dma="0": can I do this during bootup at the loader prompt?

2004-12-09 Thread Scott Long
Rob wrote: Hi, In /boot/loader.conf, I have hw.ata.ata_dma="0" to prevent a WRITE_DMA failure crash at bootup. Unfortunately, this forces my UDMA100 harddisk to operate at PIO4 speed. There are patches flying around on this mailing list that might solve the problem. I'm very keen on testing such

Re: hw.ata.ata_dma="0": can I do this during bootup at the loader prompt?

2004-12-09 Thread Arjan Van Leeuwen
On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:04:19 +0900, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Arjan Van Leeuwen wrote: > > > > On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:24:35 +0900, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>In /boot/loader.conf, I have > >> hw.ata.ata_dma="0" > >>to prevent a WRITE_DMA failure crash at bootup.

Re: hw.ata.ata_dma="0": can I do this during bootup at the loader prompt?

2004-12-09 Thread Rob
Arjan Van Leeuwen wrote: On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:24:35 +0900, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, In /boot/loader.conf, I have hw.ata.ata_dma="0" to prevent a WRITE_DMA failure crash at bootup. Unfortunately, this forces my UDMA100 harddisk to operate at PIO4 speed. There are patches flying around

Re: hw.ata.ata_dma="0": can I do this during bootup at the loader prompt?

2004-12-09 Thread Arjan Van Leeuwen
On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:24:35 +0900, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > In /boot/loader.conf, I have >hw.ata.ata_dma="0" > to prevent a WRITE_DMA failure crash at bootup. > Unfortunately, this forces my UDMA100 harddisk to operate > at PIO4 speed. > > There are patches flying around o

hw.ata.ata_dma="0": can I do this during bootup at the loader prompt?

2004-12-08 Thread Rob
Hi, In /boot/loader.conf, I have hw.ata.ata_dma="0" to prevent a WRITE_DMA failure crash at bootup. Unfortunately, this forces my UDMA100 harddisk to operate at PIO4 speed. There are patches flying around on this mailing list that might solve the problem. I'm very keen on testing such patches, bu