From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 15 00:27:24 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org 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 1EECC16A41F for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:27:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (66-23-216-219.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A4443D4C for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:27:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 1966781 for multiple; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:26:52 -0500 Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jAF0QZup081490; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:26:40 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: David Paul Zimmerman Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:26:01 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <200511102046.jAAKkxDE057999@fire.jhs.private> <200511101604.36848.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511141926.03382.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=1653887525 Cc: "Julian H. Stacey" , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.4/6.0 on Virtual PC 7? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:27:24 -0000 On Monday 14 November 2005 05:23 pm, David Paul Zimmerman wrote: > On Nov 10, 2005, at 1:04 PM, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Thursday =D9=A1=D9=A0 November =D9=A2=D9=A0=D9=A0=D9=A5 =D9=A0=D9=A3= :=D9=A4=D9=A6 pm, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >> David Paul Zimmerman wrote: > >>> Hi, all. Both FreeBSD =D9=A5.=D9=A4 and =D9=A6.=D9=A0 are giving me = strange behavior > >>> when > >> > >> I think you'r right, you don't have a hardware issue there (despite > >> this being on hardware@) but have hit a difference between =D9=A4.x & > >> =D9=A5.x CDROMs. (A difference between El Torito & not as I recall, > >> they changed between =D9=A4 & =D9=A5 to match the modern drift of BIOS= boot > >> methodology) Maybe searching "man boot" & searching El Torito method > >> on freebsd.org web search box will bring you more. Good Luck > > > > Those changes only affect the bootstrap to get /boot/loader running, > > they > > shouldn't affect what the kernel thinks about the CD at all. I'm > > curious if > > the =D9=A5.x kernel is finding a CD-ROM drive at all? > > From what I can tell, neither the 5.4 nor the 6.0 kernels see the VPC7 > CD device. 4.11 does, though: Hmm, do you have a dmesg from a 5.4 or 6.0 boot handy to compare this with? =2D-=20 John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =3D http://www.FreeBSD.org