From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 6 10:48:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18E4816A4CF for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:48:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0237F43D4C for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:48:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 62CBB72DF1; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:47:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60AD072DCA; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:47:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:47:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Fred Gilham In-Reply-To: <200404061637.i36GbIQu026304@snapdragon.csl.sri.com> Message-ID: <20040406104610.O89264@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <200404061637.i36GbIQu026304@snapdragon.csl.sri.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Soyo 6-in-one USB memory card reader X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 17:48:48 -0000 On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Fred Gilham wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm using 5.2 CURRENT as of March 6. I've been using CURRENT on this > box for a year or so now, and the behavior described below has > occurred since I installed the Soyo device. > > I have a Soyo 6-in-one memory card reader/writer that connects to a > USB port on my computer. When this device is plugged in, the system > will not boot but halts with a BTX error. Can you try disabling booting from USB mass stoarge devices in your BIOS? It sounds like the BIOS screws up bigtime if it sees such a device connected. Also check for a BIOS update. What motherboard do you have? > > If I hit spaces before the system tries to boot FreeBSD, then I get a > prompt and I can type "/boot/loader" at the prompt and the system will > boot and everything will work. The 6-in-one reader works fine once > the system is booted. > > Seems like a stray interrupt problem that gets masked when I generate > interrupts by hitting space on the keyboard. (Does this sound right > or is it total nonsense???) > > Any suggestions as to how I can deal with this? > > -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org