Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 01:35:50 +0100 (CET) From: Martin Blapp <mb@imp.ch> To: <current@freebsd.org> Cc: <sos@freebsd.org>, <imp@freebsd.org> Subject: RC2 "install" report, three problems Message-ID: <20021222012029.N854-100000@levais.imp.ch>
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Hi all, Trying to install 5.0 RC2 on my new laptop, it fails miserably on everything I try. Let me explain the three different problems. 1) ATA problem The laptop has as SIS chipset, and uses a SIS900 ATA controller. Disable ULTRA DMA does help. See this posting with a possible workaround. It would be nice if at least this workaround gets committed to 5.0R. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=30836 2.) Failing to read MAC adresse, missing PHYS This PR should definitly be committed to 5.0, it's waiting since a long time. Without this patch, all laptop users with integrated nic and a SIS 642 chipset cannot use FreeBSD. http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/152/2002/6/0/9065467/ 3.) Unable to install from a Realtec pcmcia card (Realtek RTL8139) The card is properly detected, but it seems that it doesn't get power turned on. Looks like Warner needs to fix something here. All we get here are "rl0: watchdog timeout". I'm willing to provide more informations about this issue. I gave up now after a very frustrating session. It seems that I'll have to install over parallel or serial IP connection again. Someone should definitly look at Wpauls PR's and commit the ones that are ready. It looks like work has stalled there for a long time. Martin Martin Blapp, <mb@imp.ch> <mbr@FreeBSD.org> ------------------------------------------------------------------ ImproWare AG, UNIXSP & ISP, Zurlindenstrasse 29, 4133 Pratteln, CH Phone: +41 061 826 93 00: +41 61 826 93 01 PGP: <finger -l mbr@freebsd.org> PGP Fingerprint: B434 53FC C87C FE7B 0A18 B84C 8686 EF22 D300 551E ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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