Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 15:06:45 +0200 From: Arne Norre Ekstroem <aneks@kom.auc.dk> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Sysintstall probing hosed on -STABLE? Message-ID: <E0yMuYv-0002j0-00@wartburg.kom.auc.dk> In-Reply-To: <01BD62C1.DC797740.nickf@ptd.net> References: <01BD62C1.DC797740.nickf@ptd.net>
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>>>>> "Nick" == Nick Folino <nickf@ptd.net> writes: Nick> Did you try disabling all the IDE ports that you're not using in Nick> the kernel? It's probably looking for a nonexistant drive. Since I am only running a 2.2.6-R machine, this might be out of place, but anyway: I have only one IDE HD installed in the machine, and a matching entry in the kernel, alo I have an ATAPI CDROM Drive. I'm running on a 300MHz-PII, and when probing the IDE drives the machine waits for a very loooong time, even the SCSI business is done a lot faster. Kernel IDE-related output is: wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 flags 0x80ff80ff on isa wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <QUANTUM FIREBALL SE8.4A>, 32-bit, multi-block-16 wd0: 8063MB (16514064 sectors), 16383 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <ATAPI CDROM/V1.20>, removable, dma, iordy wcd0: 4153Kb/sec, 120Kb cache, audio play, 255 volume levels, ejectable tray wcd0: no disc inside, unlocked \Arne Nick> --------------------------------------------------------------- I Nick> am the Nickhead nickf@ptd.net Nick> --------------------------------------------------------------- Nick> -----Original Message----- From: Atipa [SMTP:freebsd@atipa.com] Nick> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 8:16 PM To: Jordan K. Hubbard Cc: Nick> Jordan K. Hubbard; freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nick> Sysintstall probing hosed on -STABLE? >> Hmmm. How are these IDE drives connected? Nick> In any order. I thought I had bad disks (or non-cooperating), so I Nick> tried every combination possible. I wasted lots o' time :(... Nick> I finally waited the 3 minutes to get an error message, but none Nick> came; it was fine! If I had been patient the first time, I am Nick> sure it would have worked too. Nick> Tried w/ 1 drive, 2 drives (MASTER/SLAVE and also Nick> 1MASTER/2MASTER). Nick> Kevin >> > I am installing STABLE (SNAP 0404), and everytime sysinstall starts >> up on > boot, it takes over 3 minutes to get through the 'Probing >> devices, please > wait...' screen. > > This as been on 2 totally >> different machines. What the do have in common: > Fujitsu IDE hard >> drives, Adaptec SCSI cards (removing does not change > anything), and >> Award BIOS for PPro. Different mobos (one AT, other ATX; > one >> Gigabyte, one ASUS). > > Anyone else find this behavior? Everything >> runs fine after it times out or > whatever. The whole time the hard >> drives sound like you are doing a > 'find /usr/ports' :) > > Kevin > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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