From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jan 28 06:30:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA08694 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 06:30:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.swip.net (mail.swip.net [192.71.180.65]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA08685 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 06:30:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail.swip.net with UUCP (8.6.8/3.01) id PAA14831; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 15:39:14 +0100 Received: from lda.leissner.se by lda.leissner.se id aa00841; 28 Jan 96 15:30 SNT Message-Id: <2.2.32.19960128143020.006bc994@lda> X-Sender: pol@lda X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 15:30:20 +0100 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org From: Peter Olsson Subject: Is FreeBSD with EIDE-harddisk(s) possible? Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Is FreeBSD with EIDE-harddisk(s) possible? My FreeBSD-bootdisk which works perfectly with an IDE-harddisk refuses to boot with an EIDE-harddisk. It just hangs the computer completely without doing anything at all. I have read the FAQ and all installation-documents and it seems only IDE and SCSI are supported, not EIDE. Will EIDE be supported later or should I upgrade my motherboard and get rid of the EIDE-card? Thanks for your time! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Olsson Email: pol@leissner.se Leissner Data AB Telnr: 0520 - 490 511 direkt Box 912 Telnr: 0520 - 200 00 v{xel 461 29 TROLLH[TTAN Faxnr: 0520 - 200 89 From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 29 05:16:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA00507 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 05:16:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (root@sivka.carrier.kiev.ua [193.125.68.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA00467 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 05:16:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from elvisti.kiev.ua (uucp@localhost) by sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (Sendmail 8.who.cares/5) with UUCP id PAA10986 for hardware@freebsd.org; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 15:14:35 +0200 Received: from office.elvisti.kiev.ua (office.elvisti.kiev.ua [193.125.28.33]) by spider2.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) with ESMTP id PAA21758 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 15:12:27 +0200 Received: (from stesin@localhost) by office.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) id PAA21501; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 15:12:26 +0200 From: "Andrew V. Stesin" Message-Id: <199601291312.PAA21501@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> Subject: Re: NCR-based cards To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 15:12:25 +0200 (EET) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199601271537.QAA26241@keltia.freenix.fr> from "Ollivier Robert" at Jan 27, 96 04:37:25 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha5] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk All three 53c810-based cards we use here are the cheap ones from Taiwan, and after examining the packing and the user manuals I couldn't get a clue who the manufacturers are. (maybe SOYO?) Anyway, at least one of our NCR cards is named SP-810, and there is an SP-815 model from the same manufacturer mentioned on the box, too. All three cards are working great, btw. -- With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 "You may delegate authority, but not responsibility." Frank's Management Rule #1. From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 29 17:24:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA02604 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:24:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au (pp@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au [130.102.2.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA02566 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:23:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from cc.uq.oz.au by bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au id <15715-0@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au>; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 11:23:26 +1000 Received: from netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au by pandora.devetir.qld.gov.au (8.6.10/DEVETIR-E0.3a) with ESMTP id LAA19157 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 11:29:29 +1000 Received: from localhost by netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au (8.6.8.1/DEVETIR-0.1) id BAA29990 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 01:26:19 GMT Message-Id: <199601300126.BAA29990@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: IBM 586 & FreeBSD? X-Face: 3}heU+2?b->-GSF-G4T4>jEB9~FR(V9lo&o>kAy=Pj&;oVOc<|pr%I/VSG"ZD32J>5gGC0N 7gj]^GI@M:LlqNd]|(2OxOxy@$6@/!,";-!OlucF^=jq8s57$%qXd/ieC8DhWmIy@J1AcnvSGV\|*! >Bvu7+0h4zCY^]{AxXKsDTlgA2m]fX$W@'8ev-Qi+-;%L'CcZ'NBL!@n?}q!M&Em3*eW7,093nOeV8 M)(u+6D;%B7j\XA/9j4!Gj~&jYzflG[#)E9sI&Xe9~y~Gn%fA7>F:YKr"Wx4cZU*6{^2ocZ!YyR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 11:26:18 +1000 From: Stephen Hocking Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Anyone used one of these? I believe that they're shared with Cyrix. Apparently the "586-100" performance is substantially better than that of a 486dx4-100. Stephen -- I do not speak for the Worker's Compensation Board of Queensland - They don't pay me enough for that! From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 29 17:38:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA04431 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:38:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from montana.com (paw.montana.com [199.2.139.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA04421 Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:38:23 -0800 (PST) From: garya@dreamchaser.org Received: from 199.2.139.30 ([199.2.139.30]) by montana.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA28108; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 18:39:03 -0700 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 18:39:02 -0700 Message-Id: <9601300139.AA28108@ montana.com > Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: DEC 21041 ethernet card (SMC 8432T) To: questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: SPRY Mail Version: 04.00.06.17 Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I have an SMC 8432T (Dec 21041 type) ethernet card. There doesn't seem to be a driver for this card. I tried the de0 interface, but at boot I get: de0 rev 17 int a irq 15 on pci0:17 de0: DC21041 pass 1.1 Ethernet address ... swapon:... reboot ... de0 flags=8863<...> mtu 1500 ... ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface Is there a driver which works with this card? Or what am I doing wrong... From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 29 17:38:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA04432 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:38:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from montana.com (paw.montana.com [199.2.139.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA04419 Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:38:22 -0800 (PST) From: garya@dreamchaser.org Received: from 199.2.139.30 ([199.2.139.30]) by montana.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA28105; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 18:39:01 -0700 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 18:39:00 -0700 Message-Id: <9601300139.AA28105@ montana.com > Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: ps/2 mouse? To: questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <12066.822955831@time.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: SPRY Mail Version: 04.00.06.17 Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Grrr... As a newbie here, I'm probably being stupid... I have a Micron system with a PS/2 mouse. At least I *think* it's a ps/2 mouse; win95 *says* it's a ps/2 mouse, at irq 12 I rebuilt the kernel with the psm device, but when the sys boots it doesn't find it: psm0 not found at 0x60 Mouse works fine under win95. Can anyone give me any hints? Thanks Gary Aitken garya@dreamchaser.org From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 29 20:30:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA20318 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 20:30:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from wgrobez1.remote.louisville.edu (wgrobez1.remote.louisville.edu [136.165.243.183]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA20236 Mon, 29 Jan 1996 20:30:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wangel@localhost) by wgrobez1.remote.louisville.edu (8.7.3/8.6.12) id XAA01292; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 23:25:37 GMT Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 23:25:36 +0000 () From: Wicked Angel To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: HPFS In-Reply-To: <9601300139.AA28105@ montana.com > Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Question :) I mounted the partition fine, but will FreeBSD read and write to it? It's a HPFS(os/2) partition, on a extended partition. As I said, it mounts fine, but goes crazy when I type 'ls' :) Thanks again Gary From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 29 20:38:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA21162 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 20:38:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA21151 Mon, 29 Jan 1996 20:38:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id PAA13591; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:20:35 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601300450.PAA13591@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: DEC 21041 ethernet card (SMC 8432T) To: garya@dreamchaser.org Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:20:34 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <9601300139.AA28108@ montana.com > from "garya@dreamchaser.org" at Jan 29, 96 06:39:02 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk garya@dreamchaser.org stands accused of saying: > > I have an SMC 8432T (Dec 21041 type) ethernet card. > There doesn't seem to be a driver for this card. > I tried the de0 interface, but at boot I get: > > de0 rev 17 int a irq 15 on pci0:17 > de0: DC21041 pass 1.1 Ethernet address ... > swapon:... > reboot > ... > de0 flags=8863<...> mtu 1500 > ... > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface > > Is there a driver which works with this card? > Or what am I doing wrong... The de driver should work fine. If you don't get a message indicating the media type, it's most likely that the card is not generating interrupts. I had the same problems with a Compex card, which turned out to be busted. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[ From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 29 21:34:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA26650 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 21:34:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailx.best.com (mailx.best.com [204.156.128.56]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA26614 Mon, 29 Jan 1996 21:34:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from shellx.best.com (diag@shellx.best.com [206.86.0.11]) by mailx.best.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) with ESMTP id VAA17602; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 21:35:21 -0800 Received: from othello.selgus.com (brett.vip.best.com [205.149.181.145]) by shellx.best.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id VAA23678; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 21:32:22 -0800 Message-ID: <310DAD40.1AC8@selgus.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 21:31:44 -0800 From: Brett Bourbin Organization: Selgus Limited X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b6a (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: garya@dreamchaser.org CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ps/2 mouse? References: <9601300139.AA28105@ montana.com > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk garya@dreamchaser.org wrote: > As a newbie here, I'm probably being stupid... > > I have a Micron system with a PS/2 mouse. > At least I *think* it's a ps/2 mouse; > win95 *says* it's a ps/2 mouse, at irq 12 > > I rebuilt the kernel with the psm device, > but when the sys boots it doesn't find it: > > psm0 not found at 0x60 > > Mouse works fine under win95. > > Can anyone give me any hints? Thanks You most likely do have a PS/2 mouse-- it is the FreeBSD PS/2 mouse probe code that is broken. The probe code looks like it works on only certain motherboards, and does not use the BIOS to check for the existance of the devices. A better way would have been at boot time to do a BIOS int 0x11 and check the PS/2 mouse bit. If you know you have the hardware attached, you could do what I did, and just comment out the test code in the psmprobe() code in psm.c in the kernel. (Make it so it always returns true, mouse is there). > Gary Aitken garya@dreamchaser.org -- Brett Bourbin, President SELGUS LIMITED brett@selgus.com 555 Bryant Street, Suite 221 Palo Alto, CA 94301 From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 29 23:42:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA11637 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 23:42:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from montana.com (paw.montana.com [199.2.139.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA11626 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 23:42:10 -0800 (PST) From: garya@dreamchaser.org Received: from 199.2.139.46 ([199.2.139.46]) by montana.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA05505; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 00:42:26 -0700 Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 00:42:26 -0700 Message-Id: <9601300742.AA05505@ montana.com > Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: scsi disk with 1.080 Gig To: hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: SPRY Mail Version: 04.00.06.17 Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk There is a statement in the FAQ which implies FreeBSD has problems dealing with disks larger than 1.024 Gig. Does this mean if I partition a 1.080 Gig disk with the FreeBSD portion at the end, that it will have trouble dealing with it? What do I need to do to make it work, if so? (This is version 2.1) Gary Aitken garya@dreamchaser.org From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 30 00:28:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA15690 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 00:28:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au (bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au [130.102.2.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA15677 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 00:28:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from cc.uq.oz.au by bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au id <22026-0@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au>; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 17:56:43 +1000 Received: from netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au by pandora.devetir.qld.gov.au (8.6.10/DEVETIR-E0.3a) with ESMTP id SAA29997 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:02:44 +1000 Received: from localhost by netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au (8.6.8.1/DEVETIR-0.1) id HAA14317 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 07:59:40 GMT Message-Id: <199601300759.HAA14317@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: AMD PCI ethernet card. X-Face: 3}heU+2?b->-GSF-G4T4>jEB9~FR(V9lo&o>kAy=Pj&;oVOc<|pr%I/VSG"ZD32J>5gGC0N 7gj]^GI@M:LlqNd]|(2OxOxy@$6@/!,";-!OlucF^=jq8s57$%qXd/ieC8DhWmIy@J1AcnvSGV\|*! >Bvu7+0h4zCY^]{AxXKsDTlgA2m]fX$W@'8ev-Qi+-;%L'CcZ'NBL!@n?}q!M&Em3*eW7,093nOeV8 M)(u+6D;%B7j\XA/9j4!Gj~&jYzflG[#)E9sI&Xe9~y~Gn%fA7>F:YKr"Wx4cZU*6{^2ocZ!YyR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 17:59:38 +1000 From: Stephen Hocking Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk One of the machines I have around here (supposedly running UnixWare (which I actually like, colour me in & call me a pervert I guess)) has an AMD PCI ethernet card (from some no-name Taiwanese company) that UnixWare likes, but FreeBSD-2.1, whilst listing it in the pci stuff when booting up, has no drivers for. Is anyone doing any work on this, or has the appropriate doco, or whatever? Stephen -- I do not speak for the Worker's Compensation Board of Queensland - They don't pay me enough for that! From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 30 01:22:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA21594 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 01:22:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from ref.tfs.com (ref.tfs.com [140.145.254.251]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA21582 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 01:22:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from julian@localhost) by ref.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id BAA07950; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 01:21:09 -0800 From: Julian Elischer Message-Id: <199601300921.BAA07950@ref.tfs.com> Subject: Re: scsi disk with 1.080 Gig To: garya@dreamchaser.org Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 01:21:08 -0800 (PST) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9601300742.AA05505@ montana.com > from "garya@dreamchaser.org" at Jan 30, 96 00:42:26 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I hope this isn't true or I'm going to have to take those 2GB drives of again:) no there is no problem at all with scsi drives up to about a terrabyte or so.. > > There is a statement in the FAQ which implies FreeBSD has > problems dealing with disks larger than 1.024 Gig. Does no idea to what this refers, but it probably refers to when the BIOS is accessing the drive. in which case you must make sure that the ROOT partition is < that position, or the BIOS can't get to the kernel... once it's been loaded the whole drive is reachable. > this mean if I partition a 1.080 Gig disk with the FreeBSD > portion at the end, that it will have trouble dealing with > it? What do I need to do to make it work, if so? > (This is version 2.1) > > Gary Aitken garya@dreamchaser.org > From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 30 01:53:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA25041 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 01:53:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from Sysiphos (Sysiphos.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE [134.95.212.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA24977 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 01:53:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by Sysiphos id AA14752 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for hardware@freebsd.org); Tue, 30 Jan 1996 10:52:58 +0100 Message-Id: <199601300952.AA14752@Sysiphos> From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 10:52:57 +0100 In-Reply-To: Stephen Hocking "AMD PCI ethernet card." (Jan 30, 17:59) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 alpha(2) 7/9/95) To: Stephen Hocking Subject: Re: AMD PCI ethernet card. Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Jan 30, 17:59, Stephen Hocking wrote: } Subject: AMD PCI ethernet card. } One of the machines I have around here (supposedly running UnixWare (which I } actually like, colour me in & call me a pervert I guess)) has an AMD PCI } ethernet card (from some no-name Taiwanese company) that UnixWare likes, but } FreeBSD-2.1, whilst listing it in the pci stuff when booting up, has no } drivers for. Is anyone doing any work on this, or has the appropriate doco, or } whatever? Please send the PCI vendor and device IDs (best if you send a boot message log). The AMD is most likely a Lance compatible chip, which will work with the "lnc0" driver. But you'll have to find the port address from a verbose probe message ... If you boot with "-v" and send the messages, I'll try to help you get it on line ... Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 30 03:10:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA04981 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 03:10:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA04921 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 03:10:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id LAA16238 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 11:08:04 GMT Received: from cadair.elsevier.co.uk (actually host cadair) by snowdon with SMTP (PP); Tue, 30 Jan 1996 11:08:03 +0000 Received: (from dpr@localhost) by cadair.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA16763; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 11:08:09 GMT From: Paul Richards Message-Id: <199601301108.LAA16763@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> Subject: Re: AMD PCI ethernet card. To: owner-freebsd-hardware@freefall.freebsd.org Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 11:08:08 +0000 (GMT) Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199601300759.HAA14317@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au> from "owner-freebsd-hardware@freefall.freebsd.org" at Jan 30, 96 08:39:00 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to owner-freebsd-hardware@freefall.freebsd.org who said > > One of the machines I have around here (supposedly running UnixWare (which I > actually like, colour me in & call me a pervert I guess)) has an AMD PCI > ethernet card (from some no-name Taiwanese company) that UnixWare likes, but > FreeBSD-2.1, whilst listing it in the pci stuff when booting up, has no > drivers for. Is anyone doing any work on this, or has the appropriate doco, or > whatever? > Almost certainly a lance chip and the lnc0 driver should work but you'll probably need the PCI patch that is floating around that passes the irq and so forth from the PCI code to the driver. -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. Internet: paul@netcraft.co.uk, http://www.netcraft.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 1225 447500 (work) From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 30 05:20:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA18789 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 05:20:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA18783 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 05:20:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from itp.ac.ru (itp.ac.ru [193.233.32.4]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id FAA23848 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 05:19:52 -0800 Received: (ks@localhost) by itp.ac.ru (8.6.11/8.6.5) id PAA08291; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:02:37 +0300 Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:02:37 +0300 From: "Sergey S. Kosyakov" Message-Id: <199601301202.PAA08291@itp.ac.ru> To: garya@dreamchaser.org Subject: Re: DEC 21041 ethernet card (SMC 8432T) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I have an SMC 8432BT ethernet card. de driver works well ehough. de0 rev 17 int a ir q 10 on pci0:10 de0: DC21041 [10Mb/s] pass 1.1 Ethernet address ... de0: enabling Thinwire/BNC port From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 30 21:29:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA17738 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 21:29:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from wgrobez1.remote.louisville.edu (wgrobez1.remote.louisville.edu [136.165.243.183]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA17723 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 21:29:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wangel@localhost) by wgrobez1.remote.louisville.edu (8.7.3/8.6.12) id AAA08098; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:24:46 GMT Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:24:42 +0000 () From: Wicked Angel To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: svga Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Just a quickie. In linux there is a util called 'zgv' which allows viewing of graphic images(ie .jpg .gif .bmp etc). >From my understanding, to even USE zgv(much less compile it) you have to have the svga libs that come with any linux dist. Is it possible to port these libs over, or even use them in the state they are now? Any replies would be appreciated Thanks From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 31 00:09:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA29242 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:09:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from test.yahoo.com (test.yahoo.com [205.216.146.75]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA29206 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:09:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from brian@localhost) by test.yahoo.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA08511; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:09:24 -0800 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:09:24 -0800 Message-Id: <199601310809.AAA08511@test.yahoo.com> From: Brian Gottlieb To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: FTG Light Pen Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Has anyone ever tried, or succeeeded in getting an FTG Data Systems light pen working under FreeBSD? brian From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 31 04:33:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA24484 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 04:33:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from sun4nl.NL.net (sun4nl.NL.net [193.78.240.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA24440 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 04:33:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from spase1 by sun4nl.NL.net via EUnet id AA07466 (5.65b/CWI-3.3); Wed, 31 Jan 1996 13:33:34 +0100 Received: from phobos.spase.nl by spase.nl (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA09613; Wed, 31 Jan 96 13:24:36 GMT From: dutchman@spase.nl (Kees Jan Koster) Received: (dutchman@localhost) by phobos.spase.nl (8.6.11/8.6.11) id NAA00250 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 13:24:35 +0100 Message-Id: <199601311224.NAA00250@phobos.spase.nl> Subject: DX4, P24T or Pentium. To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD hardware Mailing list) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 13:24:35 +0100 (MET) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Hoi hackers, I've been wondering if anyone has performance figures on big 486's and small pentiums (P24T 83MHz and pentium 90/100MHz). Currently I own an AMD 486DX4-100 and I'm wondering what the next step should be, plugging a P24T in my mainboard or replacing the whole thing for a real pentium. Since I mainly use the machine for g++ I'm particularly interested in figures that compare (kernel?) compile performance. Thanks for any reactions, Groetjes, Kees Jan ======================================================================v== Kees Jan Koster e-mail: dutchman@spase.nl Van Somerenstraat 50 tel: NL-24-3234708 6521 BS Nijmegen the Netherlands ========================================================================= Who is this general Failure and why is he reading my disk? (anonymous) ========================================================================= From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 31 12:41:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA08402 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 12:41:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from westhill.cdrom.com (westhill.cdrom.com [192.216.223.174]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA08378 Wed, 31 Jan 1996 12:41:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by westhill.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA20772 ; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 12:41:23 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: westhill.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: hardware@freebsd.org cc: questions@freebsd.org, dboyd@iquest.com From: Gary Palmer Subject: EIDE controllers Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 12:41:22 -0800 Message-ID: <20770.823120882@westhill.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi I'm looking for an EIDE controller which will work with FreeBSD and allow >>500MB drives to be used in a multi-OS boot situation. A Promise 2300+ card doesn't work :-( Any ideas? Thanks Gary From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 31 14:27:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA18142 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 14:27:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA18135 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 14:27:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA17481; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:29:50 -0700 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:29:50 -0700 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199601312229.PAA17481@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Gary Palmer Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: EIDE controllers In-Reply-To: <20770.823120882@westhill.cdrom.com> References: <20770.823120882@westhill.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > I'm looking for an EIDE controller which will work with FreeBSD and > allow >>500MB drives to be used in a multi-OS boot situation. A > Promise 2300+ card doesn't work :-( Any IDE/EIDE controller will work, as *long* as you make sure FreeBSD's root partition starts/end below the 512MB mark. I'm running a 1Gig EIDE controller in the Asus box next to me and it works great, as long as I don't use the EIDE features (FreeBSD doesn't support them anyways). Nate From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 31 17:01:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA00684 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:01:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from westhill.cdrom.com (westhill.cdrom.com [192.216.223.174]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA00679 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:01:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by westhill.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA22231 ; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:00:55 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: westhill.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: Nate Williams cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org From: Gary Palmer Subject: Re: EIDE controllers In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:29:50 MST." <199601312229.PAA17481@rocky.sri.MT.net> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:00:54 -0800 Message-ID: <22229.823136454@westhill.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Nate Williams wrote in message ID <199601312229.PAA17481@rocky.sri.MT.net>: > > I'm looking for an EIDE controller which will work with FreeBSD and > > allow >>500MB drives to be used in a multi-OS boot situation. A > > Promise 2300+ card doesn't work :-( > Any IDE/EIDE controller will work, as *long* as you make sure FreeBSD's > root partition starts/end below the 512MB mark. BZZT The Promise 2300+ won't even allow the kernel to be loaded, no matter what options you enable/disable :-( It fails during the LOADING of the kernel, and FreeBSD doesn't get a look in :-( Gary From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 31 17:05:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA01037 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:05:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA01026 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:05:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA18175; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 18:07:45 -0700 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 18:07:45 -0700 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199602010107.SAA18175@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Gary Palmer Cc: Nate Williams , hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: EIDE controllers In-Reply-To: <22229.823136454@westhill.cdrom.com> References: <199601312229.PAA17481@rocky.sri.MT.net> <22229.823136454@westhill.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > <199601312229.PAA17481@rocky.sri.MT.net>: > > > I'm looking for an EIDE controller which will work with FreeBSD and > > > allow >>500MB drives to be used in a multi-OS boot situation. A > > > Promise 2300+ card doesn't work :-( > > > Any IDE/EIDE controller will work, as *long* as you make sure FreeBSD's > > root partition starts/end below the 512MB mark. > > The Promise 2300+ won't even allow the kernel to be loaded, no matter > what options you enable/disable :-( It fails during the LOADING of the > kernel, and FreeBSD doesn't get a look in :-( Hmm, I don't know then. I've used FreeBSD on my box with EIDE, a laptop with EIDE, and have helped folks install it on theirs. It sounds like a bad controller to me. If we are using standard IDE commands, it shouldn't make *any* difference. Are you *sure* that the BIOS settings are correct and such (heads, cylinders, etc..)? If they are hosed up, you won't load anything since we are using the BIOS to load the kernel, and FreeBSD hasn't even entered the picture yet. Nate From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 1 00:52:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA07538 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 00:52:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.swip.net (mail.swip.net [192.71.180.65]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA07532 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 00:52:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail.swip.net with UUCP (8.6.8/3.01) id KAA01150; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 10:01:19 +0100 Received: from pol.leissner.se by lda.leissner.se id aa16607; 1 Feb 96 9:52 SNT Message-Id: <2.2.32.19960201085255.006cb340@lda> X-Sender: pol@lda X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 09:52:55 +0100 To: Gary Palmer , Nate Williams From: Peter Olsson Subject: Re: EIDE controllers Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk At 17:00 1996-01-31 -0800, Gary Palmer wrote: >Nate Williams wrote in message ID ><199601312229.PAA17481@rocky.sri.MT.net>: >> > I'm looking for an EIDE controller which will work with FreeBSD and >> > allow >>500MB drives to be used in a multi-OS boot situation. A >> > Promise 2300+ card doesn't work :-( > >> Any IDE/EIDE controller will work, as *long* as you make sure FreeBSD's >> root partition starts/end below the 512MB mark. > > >BZZT > >The Promise 2300+ won't even allow the kernel to be loaded, no matter >what options you enable/disable :-( It fails during the LOADING of the >kernel, and FreeBSD doesn't get a look in :-( > >Gary I have a Promise EIDE machine with a seagate 1G-HD that wont even begin reading a perfect 2.1.0 boot disk. The disk has no problems on other machines and dos boot disks works fine on the EIDE-machine. But Promise EIDE and freebsd boot doesn't work for me. The machine just looks at the disk for a millisecond and then hangs completely. No loading whatsoever. I tried to get it to work, but I have given up. Fortunately my boss is a big freebsd-fan, so I will soon have 1G-SCSI instead. However, if anyone finds out anything about this, I'm still interested to know what was wrong. Peter Olsson pol@leissner.se From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 1 01:44:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA11556 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 01:44:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.swip.net (mail.swip.net [192.71.180.65]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA11538 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 01:44:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail.swip.net with UUCP (8.6.8/3.01) id KAA22187; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 10:53:25 +0100 Received: from pol.leissner.se by lda.leissner.se id aa17431; 1 Feb 96 10:39 SNT Message-Id: <2.2.32.19960201093944.006ae9c0@lda> X-Sender: pol@lda X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 10:39:44 +0100 To: hardware@freebsd.org From: Peter Olsson Subject: 100-Mbit Ethernet cards Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hello! Will FreeBSD work with 3Com Fast Etherlink 10/100Base-T? I have read the hardware list, so I think the answer to the question above is no. But are there plans for it? Also, if anyone has any experience (good/bad) with FreeBSD on any 100-Mbit-cards, I am very interested. Thanks for your time! Peter Olsson pol@leissner.se From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 1 02:55:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA16936 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 02:55:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA16931 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 02:55:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id CAA01466; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 02:53:48 -0800 Message-Id: <199602011053.CAA01466@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Peter Olsson cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 100-Mbit Ethernet cards In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Feb 1996 10:39:44 +0100." <2.2.32.19960201093944.006ae9c0@lda> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 02:53:48 -0800 Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >Will FreeBSD work with 3Com Fast Etherlink 10/100Base-T? We have a driver for them. How well it works is in question, however. >I have read the hardware list, so I think the answer to the question above >is no. But are there plans for it? > >Also, if anyone has any experience (good/bad) with FreeBSD on any >100-Mbit-cards, I am very interested. The SMC 9332 cards (based on DEC DC21140) work quite well - I use them here. I wrote a driver for the Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B recently, and it also works quite well. -DG David Greenman Core Team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 1 04:23:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA22040 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 04:23:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from Vorlon.odc.net (nwestfal@Vorlon.odc.net [206.250.32.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA22034 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 04:23:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nwestfal@localhost) by Vorlon.odc.net (8.7.1/8.7.1) id EAA06818; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 04:26:47 -0800 From: Neal Westfall Message-Id: <199602011226.EAA06818@Vorlon.odc.net> Subject: Re: EIDE controllers To: gpalmer@cdrom.com (Gary Palmer) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 04:26:46 -0800 (PST) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <22229.823136454@westhill.cdrom.com> from "Gary Palmer" at Jan 31, 96 05:00:54 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > BZZT > > The Promise 2300+ won't even allow the kernel to be loaded, no matter > what options you enable/disable :-( It fails during the LOADING of the > kernel, and FreeBSD doesn't get a look in :-( > I use this controller with FreeBSD no problem. However, you MUST disable the onboard bios on the controller via jumpers, or it will behave exactly as you describe. Neal Westfall From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 1 05:32:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA26340 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 05:32:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from cs.sunysb.edu (sbcs.sunysb.edu [130.245.1.15]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA26335 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 05:32:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from sbgrad9.csdept (sbgrad9.cs.sunysb.edu [130.245.2.29]) by cs.sunysb.edu (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA26697; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 08:33:46 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 08:33:46 -0500 From: Michael Vernick Message-Id: <199602011333.IAA26697@cs.sunysb.edu> Received: by sbgrad9.csdept (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA04470; Thu, 1 Feb 96 08:31:37 EST To: davidg@root.com Cc: pol@leissner.se, hardware@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: David Greenman's message of Thu, 01 Feb 1996 02:53:48 -0800 <199602011053.CAA01466@Root.COM> Subject: 100-Mbit Ethernet cards Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > The SMC 9332 cards (based on DEC DC21140) work quite well - I use >them here. I wrote a driver for the Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B >recently, and it also works quite well. >From a recent Network Computing performance test, the SMC cards are one of the slowest 100Mbps on the market. Maximum performance is only about 70Mbps. I believe (I don't have the article in front of me) that the Intel cards are on the faster side, up around 80-85Mbps. mv From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 1 05:44:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA26810 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 05:44:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from server.id.net (root@server.id.net [199.125.1.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA26803 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 05:44:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rls@localhost) by server.id.net (8.7.1/8.7.1) id IAA10254; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 08:44:54 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Shady Message-Id: <199602011344.IAA10254@server.id.net> Subject: Re: EIDE controllers To: nwestfal@Vorlon.odc.net (Neal Westfall) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 08:44:54 -0500 (EST) Cc: gpalmer@cdrom.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199602011226.EAA06818@Vorlon.odc.net> from "Neal Westfall" at Feb 1, 96 04:26:46 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > The Promise 2300+ won't even allow the kernel to be loaded, no matter > > what options you enable/disable :-( It fails during the LOADING of the > > kernel, and FreeBSD doesn't get a look in :-( > > I use this controller with FreeBSD no problem. However, you MUST > disable the onboard bios on the controller via jumpers, or it will > behave exactly as you describe. I also have used this controller with FreeBSD and zero problems... -- Rob === _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ Innovative Data Services Serving South-Eastern Michigan Internet Service Provider / Hardware Sales / Consulting Services Voice: (810)855-0404 / Fax: (810)855-3268 / Web: http://www.id.net From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 1 06:17:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA28974 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 06:17:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA28969 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 06:17:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id GAA01852; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 06:15:13 -0800 Message-Id: <199602011415.GAA01852@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Michael Vernick cc: pol@leissner.se, hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 100-Mbit Ethernet cards In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Feb 1996 08:33:46 EST." <199602011333.IAA26697@cs.sunysb.edu> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 06:15:13 -0800 Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> The SMC 9332 cards (based on DEC DC21140) work quite well - I use >>them here. I wrote a driver for the Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B >>recently, and it also works quite well. > >>From a recent Network Computing performance test, the SMC cards are >one of the slowest 100Mbps on the market. Maximum performance is only >about 70Mbps. I believe (I don't have the article in front of me) >that the Intel cards are on the faster side, up around 80-85Mbps. Under what? DOS, Windows? The driver for FreeBSD performs better than that. It's true that the Intel card performs about 5% better under FreeBSD on the same CPU, but the actual performance figure is more a function of the CPU involved than the card. YMMV. -DG David Greenman Core Team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 1 07:45:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA04642 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 07:45:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail12.digital.com (mail12.digital.com [192.208.46.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA04637 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 07:45:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from muggsy.lkg.dec.com by mail12.digital.com (5.65v3.2/1.0/WV) id AA32474; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 10:37:29 -0500 Received: from whydos.lkg.dec.com by muggsy.lkg.dec.com (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) with SMTP id AA24077; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 10:37:24 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whydos.lkg.dec.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA21359; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 15:51:03 GMT Message-Id: <199602011551.PAA21359@whydos.lkg.dec.com> X-Authentication-Warning: whydos.lkg.dec.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Michael Vernick Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 100-Mbit Ethernet cards In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 Feb 1996 08:33:46 EST." <199602011333.IAA26697@cs.sunysb.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.5omega 10/6/94 Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 15:51:02 +0000 From: Matt Thomas Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In <199602011333.IAA26697@cs.sunysb.edu> , you wrote: > > The SMC 9332 cards (based on DEC DC21140) work quite well - I use > >them here. I wrote a driver for the Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B > >recently, and it also works quite well. > > >From a recent Network Computing performance test, the SMC cards are > one of the slowest 100Mbps on the market. Maximum performance is only > about 70Mbps. I believe (I don't have the article in front of me) > that the Intel cards are on the faster side, up around 80-85Mbps. Well, I guess the 85+Mb/s I get is just my imagination... Matt Thomas Internet: matt@3am-software.com 3am Software Foundry WWW URL: http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt.html Westford, MA Disclaimer: I disavow all knowledge of this message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 1 08:54:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA09811 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 08:54:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from cs.pdx.edu (root@cs.pdx.edu [131.252.20.183]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA09805 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 08:54:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from sirius.cs.pdx.edu (root@sirius.cs.pdx.edu [131.252.20.199]) by cs.pdx.edu (8.7.3/CATastrophe-12/23/94-P) with ESMTP id IAA00675; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 08:54:40 -0800 (PST) for Received: from localhost (jrb@localhost.cs.pdx.edu [127.0.0.1]) by sirius.cs.pdx.edu (8.7.3/CATastrophe-9/18/94-C) with ESMTP id IAA23351; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 08:54:28 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199602011654.IAA23351@sirius.cs.pdx.edu> To: Peter Olsson cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 100-Mbit Ethernet cards In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Feb 1996 10:39:44 +0100." <2.2.32.19960201093944.006ae9c0@lda> Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 08:54:28 -0800 From: Jim Binkley Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Your message <2.2.32.19960201093944.006ae9c0@lda>: >Hello! > >Will FreeBSD work with 3Com Fast Etherlink 10/100Base-T? don't know. maybe david g. will answer. if it has the dec chipset it may work though. > >I have read the hardware list, so I think the answer to the question above >is no. But are there plans for it? > >Also, if anyone has any experience (good/bad) with FreeBSD on any >100-Mbit-cards, I am very interested. I have a couple SMC cards (with dec chipset, de device) and I'm only running them as 10mbit enet cards at this point, but they installed nice (pci means it finds an irq on its own) and worked immediately in 2.1 > >Thanks for your time! > >Peter Olsson pol@leissner.se > From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 1 11:41:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA22504 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:41:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from vegemite.Stanford.EDU (vegemite.Stanford.EDU [171.65.76.158]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA22499 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:41:17 -0800 (PST) Received: (hlew@localhost) by vegemite.Stanford.EDU (8.7.1/8.6.4) id LAA05845; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:39:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:39:32 -0800 (PST) From: Howard Lew To: Peter Olsson cc: Gary Palmer , Nate Williams , hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: EIDE controllers In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960201085255.006cb340@lda> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Peter Olsson wrote: > At 17:00 1996-01-31 -0800, Gary Palmer wrote: > >Nate Williams wrote in message ID > ><199601312229.PAA17481@rocky.sri.MT.net>: > >> > I'm looking for an EIDE controller which will work with FreeBSD and > >> > allow >>500MB drives to be used in a multi-OS boot situation. A > >> > Promise 2300+ card doesn't work :-( > > > >> Any IDE/EIDE controller will work, as *long* as you make sure FreeBSD's > >> root partition starts/end below the 512MB mark. > > > > > >BZZT > > > >The Promise 2300+ won't even allow the kernel to be loaded, no matter > >what options you enable/disable :-( It fails during the LOADING of the > >kernel, and FreeBSD doesn't get a look in :-( > > > >Gary > > I have a Promise EIDE machine with a seagate 1G-HD that wont even begin > reading a perfect 2.1.0 boot disk. The disk has no problems on other > machines and dos boot disks works fine on the EIDE-machine. But Promise EIDE > and freebsd boot doesn't work for me. The machine just looks at the disk for > a millisecond and then hangs completely. No loading whatsoever. > > I tried to get it to work, but I have given up. Fortunately my boss is a big > freebsd-fan, so I will soon have 1G-SCSI instead. However, if anyone finds > out anything about this, I'm still interested to know what was wrong. > > Peter Olsson pol@leissner.se > Just a wild guess... Have you tried this? Go into the CMOS setup and turn off both hard drives (say that you don't have any installed). Then try booting up the FreeBSD 2.1R boot disk. It's still able to install on the hard drives because it doesn't use the BIOS. This trick works on the DTC controller with Enhanced BIOS, so it may work in your case. From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 1 15:44:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA11464 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 15:44:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from vision.arc.nasa.gov (vision.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.121.140]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA11459 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 15:44:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from descartes.arc.nasa.gov (descartes.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.121.143]) by vision.arc.nasa.gov (8.6.12/8.6.5) with ESMTP id PAA17496 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 15:44:08 -0800 Received: (carlo@localhost) by descartes.arc.nasa.gov (8.6.12/8.6.5) id PAA14103 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 15:44:07 -0800 Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 15:44:07 -0800 From: "Carlo L. Tiana" Message-Id: <199602012344.PAA14103@descartes.arc.nasa.gov> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Mach64 card setup woes Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I am probably doing something obviously wrong, but I am having some trouble setting up X to run on a Mach64 card. I have tried both 800x600 settings and 1024x768, at 24 and 8 bpp respectively to no avail: in the first case I get a screen with some magenta-colored line pattern, in the latter case I get a screen with what looks like some mangled characters greatly magnified. The card is on a PCI bus on a 133MHz Pentium machine. It has 2MB of VRAM. I am running FreeBSD 2.1 (per the CD) although upon startup X displays a message implying I am running FreeBSD 2.0.5. I enclose the full startup messages at the end of this message. Any help in setting up this card would be greatly appreciated; I would like to be able to run with a pseudocolor display at either 1280x1024 or 1024x768, as well as in truecolor mode at whatever resolution I can get (the docs seem to imply 800x600 given only 2MB VRAM). Thanks very much, Carlo. X startup messages: =================== XFree86 Version 3.1.2 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6001) Operating System: FreeBSD 2.0.5 Configured drivers: Mach64: accelerated server for ATI Mach64 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) (using VT number 4) XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200, 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms) (**) Mach64: Graphics device ID: "vid1" (**) Mach64: Monitor ID: "mon1" (**) Mach64: Default visual: TrueColor (**) Mach64: Memory Base Address: 7c000000 (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" (**) Mach64: Option "dac_8_bit" (**) Mach64: Option "no_block_write" (--) Mach64: card type: PCI Warning: Clocks being read from the video card's BIOS, and the clocks lines in XF86Config file are ignored (see man page or README.Mach64 for more details). (--) Mach64: Clock type: ATI18818-1 (--) Mach64: Number of Clocks: 32 (--) Mach64: clocks: 50.35 56.64 63.00 72.00 40.00 44.90 49.50 50.00 (--) Mach64: clocks: 0.00 110.00 126.00 135.00 0.00 80.00 75.00 65.00 (--) Mach64: clocks: 25.18 28.32 31.50 36.00 20.00 22.45 24.75 25.00 (--) Mach64: clocks: 0.00 55.00 63.00 67.50 0.00 40.00 37.50 32.50 (--) Mach64: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 135.000 MHz (**) Mach64: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 75.000, clock used = 75.000 (--) Mach64: Virtual resolution: 800x600 (--) Mach64: videoram: 2048k (--) Mach64: Using hardware cursor (--) Mach64: Using 4 MB aperture (--) Mach64: Ramdac is ATI68880 (--) Mach64: Aperture mapped to 0x7c000000 (--) Mach64: Pixmap cache: 0 256x256 slots, 0 128x128 slots, 0 64x64 slots (--) Mach64: Font cache: 0 fonts From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Feb 2 09:03:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA00655 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:03:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA00597 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:03:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from UConnVM.UConn.Edu (uconnvm.uconn.edu [137.99.26.3]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id IAA00400 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 08:56:35 -0800 Received: from ruddles.stat.uconn.edu by UConnVM.UConn.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Fri, 02 Feb 96 09:39:11 EST Received: by ruddles.stat.uconn.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA28500; Fri, 2 Feb 96 09:32:59 EST Date: Fri, 2 Feb 96 09:32:59 EST From: jeff@stat.uconn.edu (Jeffrey M. Metcalf) Message-Id: <9602021432.AA28500@ruddles.stat.uconn.edu> To: hardware@freebsd.com Subject: CDROM Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Hi, I was writing to ask if anyone has worked on device drivers to allow FreeBSD to interact with Matsushita/Panasonic CDROM model CR-581, which is a Quad speed CDROM. This is all I have and installing FreeBSD onto my system is a real pain without it. If so, I would be very interested in the drivers and any other supporting files (eg. the necessary kernel source file lines) in order to get it up and running. If nobody has worked on it, how much work would be necessary to adapt current Matsushita/Panasonic double-speed CR-562 and CR-563 device drivers to work with my model? Is this even a remote possibility in the near future? Thanks, J. Metcalf From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Feb 2 11:05:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA02211 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:09:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA02111 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:09:22 -0800 (PST) From: garya@dreamchaser.org Received: from montana.com (paw.montana.com [199.2.139.2]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id AAA04592 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 00:15:44 -0800 Received: from 199.2.139.32 ([199.2.139.32]) by montana.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA13153; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 01:13:39 -0700 Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 01:13:39 -0700 Message-Id: <9602020813.AA13153@ montana.com > Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: #$%@#$!@# PnP devices... To: hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: SPRY Mail Version: 04.00.06.17 Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Aaaarrrrghhhhhh! Thoroughly frustrated... I have a Micron P-100 with: BusLogic BT946C SCSI controller Conner 10805 1.08G drive Plextor PX43-CS CD-ROM Supra 28.8 PnP modem Diamond Stealth 64 2001 2Meg EDO DRAM video ctlr PS/2 mouse MAG 17FGX monitor SMC 8432T ethernet ctlr (DEC 21041 equiv) Soundblaster I have the disk partitioned with ~400M for Win95 and ~600M for FreeBSD. Problem #1 The supra modem has *no* jumpers to set addrs or irqs. Under win95 it shows up at 0x2f8 and irq 3, but FreeBSD configured with sio1 at 0x2f8 and irq 3 doesn't see it. I also tried 0x2e8 at irq 3 and didn't get anything there. I have the two com ports on the motherboard set with A to com1 at 3f8 @ irq 4, and B disabled. com1 shows up fine on sio0. Questions: 1. Once win95 sets a PnP addr & port, are they semi-permanent, or do they disappear on a soft reboot? What about a hard reboot? 2. How the heck do I find out what the default addrs for the dang modem are? It came with *zero* doc, just a bunch of advertising bs for AOL, etc. Problem #2 The BIOS has a setting for PnP OS's and non-PnP OS's. The BIOS also has a setting for large disk addressing mode which is either DOS or other. This seems to imply that when switching from win95 to freebsd I should change both of these settings. However, when I do that, freebsd can't find the boot block or the scsi ctlr seems to hang. If I just boot into win95, then exit, and boot into freebsd without changing the settings, it *seems* to come up ok. But I don't get any real warm fuzzies about this... Is anyone running a similar system, and if so can you shed some light on this? Problem #3 What XF86Config options and server should I use? I tried the svga server and got what looked like a character-based attempt to paint graphics. So then I backed off to a simpler server and ended up with only 640x480 graphics, and after a few mouse movements the whole thing froze up. In order to get the mouse to work, I had to comment out all the code in psmprobe, as suggested by Brett Bourbin. But I'm wondering if that isn't just going around some other problem which is causing the subsequent hang. Looking and hoping for a bazillion flashes of light... Gary Aitken garya@dreamchaser.org From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Feb 2 17:03:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA24739 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 17:03:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from Vorlon.odc.net (root@Vorlon.odc.net [206.250.32.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA24719 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 17:03:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from gport2.csci.csusb.edu ([139.182.42.2]) by Vorlon.odc.net (8.7.1/8.7.1) with SMTP id RAA07153 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 17:06:41 -0800 Received: by gport2.csci.csusb.edu with Microsoft Mail id <01BAF18F.A78F1760@gport2.csci.csusb.edu>; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 16:58:19 -0800 Message-ID: <01BAF18F.A78F1760@gport2.csci.csusb.edu> From: "Neal E. Westfall" To: "'hardware@freebsd.org'" Subject: FW: EIDE controllers Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 16:47:14 -0800 Encoding: 30 TEXT Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I am forwarding this message to the hardware list since it is where the original discussion began, and is still relevent. When I try to reply to dboyd@iquest.com the mail bounces back at me. ---------- From: Neal E. Westfall[SMTP:nwestfal@odc.net] Sent: Friday, February 02, 1996 2:18 PM To: 'Donald Boyd' Subject: RE: EIDE controllers Neal, I just tried to disable the BIOS on the Promise card and rebooted. The boot process stopped and asked for a boot diskette to be found. When you said you use this card, do you have two eide hard drives? Are you running a Dual Boot system? And Finally, if you are running a system like mine, do I have to reinitialize my boot hard drive? Thanks Don Boyd Do you get the FreeBSD boot prompt when you do this? My configuration is 2 EIDE drives on the primary port and a CDROM on the secondary. I have a multi-boot configuration. I use the alternate geometry translation in the motherboard bios since my drives have dos partitions on them. If you are installing FreeBSD as the only operating system, this shouldn't be necessary as long as your root partition is below 1024 cylinders. Neal