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Date:      Mon, 28 Aug 2000 07:39:51 -0700
From:      Michael Matsumura <michael@limit.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Promise Ultra66 Controller Card
Message-ID:  <20000828073951.A40280@jupiter.limit.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008280936180.28455-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>; from behanna@zbzoom.net on Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 09:38:02AM -0400
References:  <20000825230509.A580@jupiter.limit.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008280936180.28455-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>

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On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 09:38:02AM -0400, Chris BeHanna wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Michael Matsumura wrote:
> 
> > I just installed a Promise Ultra66 controller card, and...its not
> > working... the card's BIOS booted up and detected my two hard drives...but
> > the boot loader spit out the following:
> > 
> > elf_loadexec: archsw.readin failed
> > unable to load kernel:
> > Aborted
> > 
> > [root:~]# uname -a
> > FreeBSD jupiter.limit.org 4.1-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE #0: Fri Aug 25
> > 21:35:53 PDT 2000     root@jupiter.limit.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/JUPITER
> > i386
> > 
> > 
> > I've tried disabling the on-board IDE controller, but to no avail... :\
> > Yes, I'm using an 80-wire IDE cable and it boots up fine without the
> > Promise controller...
> > 
> > Suggestions are more than welcome, thanks :)
> 
>     Have you d/l'd the latest Promise card firmware?  I did that under
> Win2K before booting the system under FreeBSD, and it now works fine.
> 
>     My -STABLE system was last built about three days before yours, FYI.
> 

Yep...2.0 build 18, I think...

Well, actually, I got it to boot on another hard drive after I formatted
it, but now I get read timeouts that occur after a short, random time that
cause my system to lock up...doh.  

-- 
Michael Matsumura
michael@limit.org


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