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Date:      08 May 2002 16:51:46 +0300
From:      Harald Schmalzbauer <H@Schmalzbauer.de>
To:        jerry@thehutt.org
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.3-GENERIC was the last booting [WAS: CD-Boot hangs on rootmounting MD]
Message-ID:  <1020865908.20069.6.camel@hry.muc.wearix.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020508125910.GA1829@nomad.thehutt.org>
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Am Mi , 2002-05-08 um 15.59 schrieb Jerry A!:
> On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 12:59:50PM +0300, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
> : After experimenting a bit I found that 4.3 is installing fine, starting
> : with 4.4 the system hangs.
> : It seems to be bug#30902, but unfortunately I can't change any USB-BIOS
> : settings. Also removing USB from the kernel of 4.5-GENERIC doesn't help.
> : Any chances to fix this bug?
> 
> VAIO laptop using the external (Sony CD51) cdrom?  Hmm.  I'll venture to
> guess that you want to set the following when you boot up:
> 
> hw.pcic.intr_path="1"
> hw.pcic.irq="0"

YEP! That helped. But why is it hanging the system even if no card is
inserted (when booting from network/floppy)?

Were there any disadvantages if the old ISA-Routing would be made the
default for installation?

Thanks,

-Harry

> 
> 4.4 introduced PCI routing which the VAIO cdrom doesn't seem to like.
> Please check out the RELNOTES where this is mentioned for more details.
> 
> Also, could we *please* FAQ-itize this somewhere?  I don't even type the
> "hw.pcic..." part anymore, it's a mutt macro now.  8)
> 
>         --Jerry
> 
> Open-Source software isn't a matter of life or death...
> ...It's much more important than that!
> 
> 
> 
> 



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