Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:31:51 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: Bruce Caruthers <bkc-freebsdlists@DreamFire.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel G965 chipset? Message-ID: <46A18C37.7040005@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070720212648.A71287@dreamfire.com> References: <20070713150725.A52319@dreamfire.com> <4698D140.9010301@mawer.org> <20070720212648.A71287@dreamfire.com>
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Bruce Caruthers wrote: > On Sat Jul 14, 2007, Antony Mawer wrote: > >> On 14/07/2007 8:07 AM, Bruce Caruthers wrote: >> ... >> >>> === My Question: >>> So, can I use an Intel motherboard with the 965 >>> chipset? If not, what is the latest chipset I can >>> use which will meet my needs? >>> >> We use the 965 based boards for many of our servers and they work fine - >> the only gotchas I have come across has been the onboard IDE controller >> is a Marvell ATA controller, and not supported by the drivers in >> 6.2-RELEASE. I made a back-port of the -CURRENT driver to 6.2 some >> months ago and have not had any problems (although the CD-ROM connected >> to said IDE channel is only used for the installation process!). >> >> I would imagine that the driver is likely present in 6-STABLE and the >> upcoming 6.3 release later this year. >> >> --Antony >> > > > Now that the parts have arrived and I actually have > the machine (physically) set up, I am trying to > install from the downloaded ISO images (6.2-Release, > downloaded 7/20). > > Each boot option hangs at different places (standard > stops after identifying the disks as ad4 and ad8, > ACPI turned off stops at md0, and verbose logging > actually gets to the first menu, but no longer > accepts keyboard input at that point -- might be > hung, since couldn't warm boot from the keyboard, > either, at that point). > > Were you able to do any of the install without the > backported driver, or did you generate a custom > install disk? > > Or, would it be better if I try making the boot > floppies and installing over ftp? > > Any suggestions, or perhaps a downloadable ISO > image, since you already went through this? :) > > I have 2xSATA300 disks as RAID-1, and an ATAPI DVD > drive for installing. And an old 3.5" floppy drive > I found on one of my parts heaps. > > (mobo: Intel DG965WH) > > Thanks for any help! > -bkc > Try a 6.2 snapshot (if that's not what you meant by downloaded 7/20). If that fails, try 7-CURRENT snapshots (most recent ones, i.e. over the last month, are the best idea). There were a variety of fixes made to USB input and control (if you're using a USB keyboard instead of a PS/2 one). -Garrett
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