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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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