Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 12:07:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Kenny Hanson <khanson@pdspc.com> Cc: "Freebsd-Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 440LX Chipset Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971124120611.12844H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <91DD7FDA88E4D011BED00000C0DD87E714DFBF@pds-gateway.pdspc.com>
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On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Kenny Hanson wrote: > Is there support for the 440LX chipset in FreeBSD yet? > I have an Intel Atlanta 440LX with a PII 300 that I would > love to see crank some FreeBSD, but two subsequent > installs have failed miserably. I'm only guessing it's the > chipset, though I always thought these things were "backwards > compatible". For grins, here's what I have in the system: What were the problems you were seeing? I have an older email that indicates there are some BIOS bugs in the 440LX that prevent the system from booting properly. > Now I've tried to turn off the Ultra DMA in the bios and even tried > a non-ATA33 drive with the same results. Any thoughts/comments? The Ultra33 drives are OK, they'll run fine in standard mode. If you really want to tap them you have to run -current. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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