Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:56:04 +0100 From: Dominic Marks <dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk> To: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bug on BTX Message-ID: <45140794.4070007@goodforbusiness.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20060922154649.GA26855@lothlorien.nagual.nl> References: <15af975d0609212321r29fdd287p462ae0f2b7e404b4@mail.gmail.com> <15af975d0609220725s1206d7ebr53589adbc1b9c17@mail.gmail.com> <4513F5B0.9030300@goodforbusiness.co.uk> <20060922154649.GA26855@lothlorien.nagual.nl>
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dick hoogendijk wrote: > On 22 Sep Dominic Marks wrote: >> CyberSans AirBort wrote: >>> i have tested 6.2-BETA and the same problem still appear when i want to >>> install it into compaq evo desktop; BTX HALTED. >> Go into the BIOS, disable BIOS DMA transfers **. After that it will boot >> normally. I have about 20 EVOs, which this change they run fine. This is >> true of all versions of FreeBSD I have ever tried. > > Still remains the question on why FreeBSD is not able to boot when bios > DMA transfers are set set to on, while XP and linux just do what they're > supposed to. It should not be necessary i.m.h.o. > Agreed. A very low priority however since it is so easy to work around. Dominic
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