From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 2 23:18:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15FAA1065696 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2008 23:18:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA02.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta02.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE3EF8FC08 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2008 23:18:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.28]) by QMTA02.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id MpFK1a03E0cQ2SLA2zJq4h; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:18:50 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id MzJo1a00B2P6wsM8WzJo8d; Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:18:49 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=YwmtPnopMWYA:10 a=S0p5oBhICSgA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=bLeoBEqGqm9FnL6FWlkA:9 a=JMrc669OBltp0NKVpRSTBV5wrWIA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3FB01C941A; Thu, 2 Oct 2008 16:18:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 16:18:48 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Giuseppe Pagnoni Message-ID: <20081002231848.GA13467@icarus.home.lan> References: <92056ebc0810020932w680c593er585dd865ef8af538@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <92056ebc0810020932w680c593er585dd865ef8af538@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LG combo drive and Attansic Technology ethernet card on Asus P5Q Pro X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:18:51 -0000 On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 06:32:20PM +0200, Giuseppe Pagnoni wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD 7.0 on a new i386 machine with no OS > installed yet. I start the install process with the 1st CD of the > distribution, and I go through the partition phase with no problem. > However, when I get to the point where I select the installation media > (CD/DVD) it says that it cannot find the CD/DVD. > > I read on the FAQ list on the FreeBSD site that this can happen when > the drive is configured as a slave with no master. So I opened up the > box, and I saw that the drive has its own ATAPI/IDE cable/slot on the > motherboard and the jumpers on the drive are set as MASTER. > > The drive is a new LG combo drive, I believe GH22LP20 or something close to it. > > I also tried to install Ubuntu and it works fine (but I really would > like to have FreeBSD!). The only thing I can think of is that the P5Q boards use a Marvell ATA/IDE controller (yes, you read that correctly). I wonder if FreeBSD somehow lacks support for this... What confuses me is that you can boot the CD media, and FreeBSD will load kernel modules and a copy of the mini filesystem into memory off the CD, yet it can't actually find the CD come installation time. > On an unrelated topic, does anybody know whether the network card > Attansic Technology on Asus P5Q Pro motherboard is compatible with > FreeBSD? Asus was somewhat vague as to what model of Attansic/Atheros IC they used on the P5Q series. I have one of these boards, so I can assure you it's an Attansic L1E. It's sometimes referred to as an Atheros AR8121, AR8113, or AR8114. FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE has support for this NIC; age(4) is the driver. 7.0 will very likely not support this NIC. Please download the 7.1-PRERELEASE ISO from here, and try installing using it instead. ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200809/ If finding the CD/DVD media still does not work, let us know and I will try to reproduce the problem on my P5Q SE. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |