From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 24 09:25:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8350916A4CE for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:25:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from atlasta.net (mail.atlasta.net [209.246.234.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5031A43D2D for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:25:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drais@atlasta.net) Received: (qmail 96759 invoked by uid 1012); 24 Feb 2004 17:25:12 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 24 Feb 2004 17:25:12 -0000 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:25:12 -0800 (PST) From: David Raistrick To: Tony Frank In-Reply-To: <20040223115448.GA43264@marvin.home.local> Message-ID: References: <20040223115448.GA43264@marvin.home.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any known issues regarding VIA IDE chips? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:25:13 -0000 On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Tony Frank wrote: > Hi, > > I am having trouble with a Aplus motherboard I have. > Board is based around VIA 82C691 chipset with VIA 82C586B IDE chip. > ata(4) shows the chip as being supported. Perhaps try not using the primary controller at all, only using the secondary? I've seen problems that were specific to solid-state flash that happened only on the primary, never on the secondary...it's possible you're running into a variation on that theme. --- david raistrick drais@atlasta.net http://www.expita.com/nomime.html