From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 22 22:51:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA09994 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:51:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles87.castles.com [208.214.165.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA09952 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:51:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA00792; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:56:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199809230556.WAA00792@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Greg Skafte cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ASUS P2L97 board. In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:46:01 MDT." <19980922184601.D7279@worldgate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:56:52 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm currently in the proccess of replacing a tekram 430Tx motherboard > with a ASUS P2L97 (440LX ) motherboard. > > Currently installed on the tekram is > > IDE controler PCI Bus0 > PCI vga card PCI Bus0 > multiport NIC PCI Bus1 > multiport NIC PCI Bus2 > miltiport NIC PCI Bus3 > > works like a charm very happy .... > > Went to install the _Exact_ components from the 430tx board to install on > the ASUS board and get > > IDE controller PCI Bus0 > PCI vga card PCI Bus0 > multiport NIC PCI Bus2 > multiport NIC PCI Bus3 > multiport NIC PCI Bus4 > > made me go hmmmm..... PCI Bus4 ...... hmmm ... and guess what the card on > bus 4 is not a happy camper..... it not work .... FreeBSD detected everything > fine .... but the device on Bus4 is unhappy ..... > > any thoughts what happened to bus 1 ..... Sounds like a BIOS 'feature'. Try moving the cards into different slots, particularly if you have them all together with the VGA card at one end. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message