Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:47:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Fred Gilham <gilham@csl.sri.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Soyo 6-in-one USB memory card reader Message-ID: <20040406104610.O89264@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <200404061637.i36GbIQu026304@snapdragon.csl.sri.com> References: <200404061637.i36GbIQu026304@snapdragon.csl.sri.com>
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On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Fred Gilham wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm using 5.2 CURRENT as of March 6. I've been using CURRENT on this > box for a year or so now, and the behavior described below has > occurred since I installed the Soyo device. > > I have a Soyo 6-in-one memory card reader/writer that connects to a > USB port on my computer. When this device is plugged in, the system > will not boot but halts with a BTX error. Can you try disabling booting from USB mass stoarge devices in your BIOS? It sounds like the BIOS screws up bigtime if it sees such a device connected. Also check for a BIOS update. What motherboard do you have? > > If I hit spaces before the system tries to boot FreeBSD, then I get a > prompt and I can type "/boot/loader" at the prompt and the system will > boot and everything will work. The 6-in-one reader works fine once > the system is booted. > > Seems like a stray interrupt problem that gets masked when I generate > interrupts by hitting space on the keyboard. (Does this sound right > or is it total nonsense???) > > Any suggestions as to how I can deal with this? > > -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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