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Date:      Wed, 14 Mar 2001 00:51:49 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
To:        John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.2-R installer bombs because I can't turn UDMA off...
Message-ID:  <3AAF3125.6153EA6B@urx.com>
References:  <20010313233604.59613@hydrogen.funkthat.com>

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John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> 
> Well, I'm looking for a way to turn off UDMA under 4.2-R.  I have a
> PA-2007 motherboard, and if I have UDMA enabled on the IDE controler,
> the system has problems.  With pre-4.x systems, this wasn't a problem,
> but I do not see any documentation on how to turn off UDMA in 4.2-R.

What kind of HD's do you have. Both Western Digital and Maxtor have
programs that will setup their HD's up to only work at lower rates.
Once you get 4.2 installed, you can add a sysctl for hw.atamodes and
set them to pio mode in /etc/sysctl.con. The Promise Ultra 66
controller pci card also works on my system with a similar problem.

Kent


> 
> The installer has bombed out three times so far, and has completely
> trashed my old 3.4-R system that I was trying to upgrade.  At least
> I didn't need it, but I expected more from the ata driver.
> 
> Two of the times the installer bombed out it said (not sure if addr
> was the same the first time, but it looks like it):
> panic: vm_fault: fault on nofault entry, addr: c468d000
> 
> Hopefully someone can help me.
> 
> --
>   John-Mark Gurney                              Voice: +1 408 975 9651
>   Cu Networking
>         "Thank God I'm an atheist, that'd just be confusing." -- cmc
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