Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 23:44:49 -0800 From: "3Phase" <Phase3@worldnet.att.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "FreeBSD Support" <support@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Chicken vs Egg Message-ID: <008801c0892e$34403d20$5fa1480c@sisyphus2> References: <200101270053.f0R0rUG22760@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kelly" <dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org> To: "3Phase" <Phase3@worldnet.att.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 04:53 PM Subject: Re: Chicken vs Egg > "3Phase" writes: > > FreeBSD 4.0 A full 4.4 BSD Lite Based 32-bit Operating System. <snip> > > ad0: 43967MB <Maxtor54610H6> [8933/16/631] at ata0 master using BIOSPIO > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.0R/notes.html says: > > A new ATA/ATAPI driver has been implemented. The aim of this new <snip> Thanks, David, that sound encouraging! FreeBSD installed and ran but would have hit its head eventually using the specs it got from the BIOS. I found the drive specs from Maxtor and sure enough they were wrong. Putting in the correct geometry nuked the drive so I re-installed everything using the correct geometry. The correct info for a Maxtor model #54610H6: | Cyl | Heads | Sec | Capacity | MaxLBA | |16383| 16 | 63 | 46103MB| 90045648| I found and read the source for the PIIX3 then called support. Basically, my Deskpro doesn't do DMA for doodly. It has a 233Mhz PPro and the lastest BIOS patch but PIIX3 chips are problem children; BIOSPIO for the HD and PIO4 for the CD is all it will do reliably. It locks up if I force DMA with sysctl. Right now I can get a CHAP login with my ISP but I can't send or receive e-mail and news. I'll go through the logs later but the important parts are working again. Thanks for the link, I'll think about upgrading after I get this version locked down! -3P To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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