Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:10:20 -0400 From: Tim Howe <tim.howe@celebrityresorts.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 -> 5.4 breaks ATA (Intel ICH2) Message-ID: <87r7bdt6o3.fsf@beaker.data-secure.net> In-Reply-To: <4335D1D2.9060501@leadhill.net> (Billy Newsom's message of "Sat, 24 Sep 2005 17:23:14 -0500") References: <87y85nuqhy.fsf@beaker.data-secure.net> <4335D1D2.9060501@leadhill.net>
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Billy Newsom <smartweb@leadhill.net> writes: > See these threads: > > critical BOOT failure updating to latest 5-Stable (5.4) > 9/23/2005 12:07 AM > > ATA lockup with 5.4-STABLE > 9/21/2005 10:19 PM Thanks for the references; I'll definiteluy take a look at them (only reason I haven't before replying is that I'm mobile currently and don't feel like digging through archives on the itty bitty screen. > Anyway, I count three systems that are normally boting with 5.3 or > 5.4, and then the upgrade to the latest 5-Stable breaks the boot. If I may make a small correction, I would like to point out that it's not 5-STABLE that breaks mine but 5.4-RELEASE. Even booting from the 5.4 mini-CD can't find the drive, but booting from the 5.3 installer can. > > Perhaps you could test one of those identical machines with a simple > hard disk swap? Just put the bad booting drive in a working system and > see if the error is still there? I can do this either today or tomorrow. > Has anyone checked the CVS repository for a possible change to the ATA > detection or boot code? Since you mentioned that 5.4-RELEASE worked for you but -STABLE didn't, I've got a build of RELENG_5 (is this still active in comparison to RELENG_6?) going now. Perhaps what broke yours fixed mine. In any case it will be helpful for patching against and testing. > Can you post your dmesg for 5.3 perhaps? Yes. > BTW, you can boot that machine to the old kernel using the procedure If you think it will be helpful I can. Will this produce a different result than booting from the 5.3 installer? -- Tim Howe Software Engineer Celebrity Resorts, Inc.
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