Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 07:29:41 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices" Message-ID: <200305300729.41685.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <p05200f27bafcd6a83e18@[192.168.254.205]> References: <p05200f16bafb423c7331@[192.168.254.205]> <200305300205.45549.kstewart@owt.com> <p05200f27bafcd6a83e18@[192.168.254.205]>
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On Friday 30 May 2003 02:45 am, Rich Morin wrote: > At 2:05 AM -0700 5/30/03, Kent Stewart wrote: > >Did you try doing it in /boot/loader.conf. > > The man page indicates that I can set assorted variables in this file, > so perhaps I could put in a line such as: > > hw.ata.ata_dma=0 > > If so, the sysctl.conf(5) man page should be amended to indicate the > fact. Nonetheless, as I already have a kernel which has the variable > turned off, this wouldn't buy me anything. > > What I'm really looking for is a way to use a different ATA controller. I use the Promise TX2 and Maxtor pci cards in several systems. I just dropped them in and they worked. You would have to boot scsi. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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