Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 17:54:47 -0500 From: David Leimbach <leimbacd@bellsouth.net> To: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk>, <edgewise@mindspring.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installation--AMD Duron Message-ID: <01080617544700.00711@mutt.home.net> In-Reply-To: <001801c11ec9$87d81670$98e91e3e@mark2> References: <Springmail.105.997132506.0.60024600@www.springmail.com> <001801c11ec9$87d81670$98e91e3e@mark2>
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On Monday 06 August 2001 17:45, Mark Hughes wrote: > > What do I have to do to install FreeBSD(4.0) on my AMD Duron 800 in > > MS-6378 motherboard > > > machine?--Loops rebooting on "Syncing disks...11111111111111111111" > > "giving up on 1 buffers." > > I had this problem too. Posted questions to the list at the time and no-one > seemed to be able to offer any help, however downloading and installing 4.3 > instead of 4.0 (actually I was trying 4.1) worked fine. > > I think there may have been a problem with a certain IDE chipset (VIA686B, > if i remember correctly) in the ATA driver, that was fixed at some point > between 4.1 and 4.3, although I don't know where. > I have the VIA chipset as well... I have only ever run 4.2 FBSD and 4.3 FBSD. Linux has had issues with this chipset as well. I have been VERY pleased with FBSD4.3 and highly reccommend it for "solving the problem". > So, your basic answer is you can't install FreeBSD 4.0 on that motherboard, > at least not without any degree of stability. Get hold of the latest > version and you'll be fine. Amen, brother! > > Hope this helps... > > Mark > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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