Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:26:06 -0700 From: Bruce Caruthers <bkc-freebsdlists@dreamfire.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel G965 chipset? (solved) Message-ID: <20070724002606.A51333@dreamfire.com> In-Reply-To: <20070723170319.A97006@dreamfire.com>; from bkc-freebsdlists@dreamfire.com on Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 05:03:19PM -0700 References: <20070713150725.A52319@dreamfire.com> <4698D140.9010301@mawer.org> <20070720212648.A71287@dreamfire.com> <46A18C37.7040005@u.washington.edu> <46A18C78.1010707@u.washington.edu> <20070720214126.B71287@dreamfire.com> <20070721120459.A63066@dreamfire.com> <20070723170319.A97006@dreamfire.com>
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And finally, now that it seems everything is working: * Antony Mawer's backport diff (see freebsd-questions, 19Mar2007, "Re: Can't see ATA drives with new install") worked well. I now have all the packages from disc 2 copied locally without any problems or errors. Also: * added hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" to /boot/device.hints to make the default boot have ACPI disabled Thanks to all, and hopefully this helps someone else avoid all the headaches! On Mon Jul 23, 2007, Bruce Caruthers wrote: > > Here's a followup, so anyone checking the archives > will know what to do... (and if it helps the group > overall, even better) > > Much thanks to those who tried to help. As I was > running a Pentium on an Intel board, it never > occurred to me to even look at the amd64 variant, > until I realized the one guy with the same mobo who > had posted with related problems (although able to > install) mentioned he was using amd64, whereupon I > checked my cpu and the FreeBSD/amd64 pages and > discovered that it applied to my hardware. > Downloaded amd64 and installed over ftp, and voila, > my system runs! Hooray! > > > === System: > Intel DG965WH mobo (G965 Express chipset, ICH8R) > Pentium 4 (631) CPU > 2 RAID-1 pairs of Hitachi 320GB SATA300 (ar0, ar1) > Phillips DVR-109 DVD drive > > > === Successful Install: > * 6.2-RELEASE-amd64: booted from downloaded CD, > installed via ftp (would not let me even select > CD as media, which presumably would have failed > anyway, given the Marvell problem) > * Will now apply Antony's pata patch, and see if > that new kernel makes everything work right. If > nothing else, the system seems to be up and > running (only need CD for installs, all else is > headless use) > > > === Failed Attempts: > * 6.2-RELEASE-i386 failed to even begin the install, > despite trying all "beastie menu" boot options > > * 6.2-STABLE-i386-200706 failed to even begin the > install, despite trying all "beastie menu" boot > options > > * 7.0-CURRENT-i386-200706 appeared to install, but > never could complete booting (froze at different > dmesg output spots, depending on beastie boot > choice, but still never made it to a login) > > * 6.2-RELEASE-i386 via 7.0-CURRENT-i386 as installer, > (reconfigured in options settings to install 6.2 > over ftp) -- in the hopes that being able to bypass > the CD/DVD drive would let me get up and running -- > alas, still no joy, although got about as far as > 7.0-CURRENT (i.e. appeared to install, but couldn't > actually use the system) >
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