Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:29:16 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Sue=20Blake?= <aunty_sue@yahoo.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Compaq Evo install problems Message-ID: <20030220002916.3555.qmail@web14005.mail.yahoo.com>
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I'm half way through working around the problems trying to install FreeBSD on a new Compaq Evo desktop. The only install CD I have is 4.6-RELEASE, but these problems don't seem to be version-specific. Here is where I'm up to, and hopefully someone can point me closer to completion. Please excuse only partial information. I have very limited access through the firewall, no GUI. Output from the new machine can only be transferred to this email via the pencil device if necessary. At first, the install CD wouldn't boot at all, saying "BTX halted". A search of the archives told me to disable DMA in the BIOS, or downgrade to an earlier BIOS. I did the former and completed the basic installation and reboot without drama. Now I have to do something about the two devices that come up as "unknown" in dmesg: audio and ethernet. pci0: <unknown card>(vendor=0x8086, dev=0x24c5) at 31.5 irq 5 pci5: <unknown card>(vendor=0x8086, dev=0x103b) at 8.0 irq 5 The important one is pci5. Again a mail archive search showed someone had a similar problem, used pciconf -l and looked up /usr/share/misc/pci_vendors to investigate, then suggested "Is it enough to add 0x103b to the ident table?". He did, and apparently it worked fine. That seems to be what I need to do, and the same 0x103b turns out appropriate for my device. I have two questions: What/where is the ident table, and unless it's obvious, how do I put the number in? If the nic effort is successful, can I follow similar steps to try to get sound going? http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Exchange IMs with Messenger friends on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile phone. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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