Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:42:01 +0100 From: Michel Talon <michel@lpthe.jussieu.fr> To: FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Athlon and 4.2 Release Message-ID: <20010116104201.B503@lpthe.jussieu.fr> In-Reply-To: <200101160240.f0G2eNR95008@grumpy.dyndns.org> References: <dlt@mebtel.net> <200101160240.f0G2eNR95008@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 08:40:23PM -0600, David Kelly wrote: > Derek Tattersall writes: > > I have a 1 GHz Thunderbird (Athlon) on an ASUS A7V Via KT133 chipset > > with an IBM ultra 100 30 Gig Hard drive. If I let the HDD be auto > > detected, 4.2 Release terminates at the point it is going to partition > > the drive. If I set the HDD for LBA with all the options disabled, > > it reboots in the middle of the boot sequence, after the "press enter > > to boot now prompt". > > I boot my 800 MHz A7V from SCSI. And replaced the MB out from under an > installed system. 9G on SCSI, 45G Maxtor on the on-board ATA-100. > > For this MB to run reliably under load I had to select "BIOS Defaults", > and maybe also "System Performance Setting" from "Optimal" to "Normal". > Also disabled "PCI Master Read Caching" and "Delayed Transaction". > Something in there was causing problems under load. The situation might > also surface during installation. Strange because i have here installed FreeBSD 4.2-Stable on an Abit KT7 Raid which has the same chipset, and runs an Athlon 1.1 Ghz. I have loaded all optimal settings in the Bios to enhance speed, and all works beautifully, including UDMA speed for the disk (here a Western Digital). -- Michel Talon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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