From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 1 12:28:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f202.law7.hotmail.com [216.33.237.202]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DD91237C337 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:28:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmd526@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 52770 invoked by uid 0); 1 Mar 2000 20:28:24 -0000 Message-ID: <20000301202824.52769.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 209.220.228.2 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Wed, 01 Mar 2000 12:28:24 PST X-Originating-IP: [209.220.228.2] From: "John Daniels" To: FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-qa@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: n_hibma@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Instrallation floppies and USB Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 15:28:24 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi: I looked in BIOS setup to see if there were any settings that I could try changing to make the boot floopies work. The only ones that I found that seemed to apply were (defaults in brackets): Configuration Table [Disabled] PCI IRQ setting [Auto] PCI IRQ sharing [No] Plug and Play OS [Yes] Reset Resource Assignments [No] I thought that the Configuration Table might provide the ability to change settings (IRQ, etc.) but it only summarized system specs. (Among these, it showed USB 'enabled') I didn't change PCI IRQ setting. I thought that PCI IRQ sharing might allow for dynamic assignment of IRQs, but changing this to 'Yes' had no effect. Disabling Plug and Play had no effect I thought that Reset Resource Assignments might enable the OS to set resouces (IRQ, etc) but everytime I looked at this after I had chosen 'Yes,' it had been set back to 'No.' Acer support tells me that all this does is reset the resources back to their original values. In sum, I was not able to change anything with the changes that I made. I also went to the Acer support site to see if there were any BIOS or device updates for my system. I didn't find any. I am registered with Acer support and I would be happy to provide the information needed (Toll free phone number, system serial number, my customer id #, etc.) for Nick Hibma or another developer to contact them if that would be helpful. FYI, I also have a 160Kbps DSL connection so if anyone wants me to test reconstructed boot disks/kernels, I can do that. (I believe that John Baldwin has been looking into this.) To summarize the problem and the clues that we now have: 1. When I try to boot the kern.flp disk, I get the message: /boot.config: -P Keyboard: no Booting continues but the keyboard is unusable unless I immmediately hit the space bar then type '-Dh' at the 'boot:' prompt as described in the TROUBLE.TXT document in the -CURRENT snapshot directory. NOTE: That document says that the '-Dh' workaround is meant for older systems with an 84-key keyboard, but it is working for my 1999 Acer Asprire with a 102-key USB keyboard! 2. The installation boots the kernel but immediately after the kernel config screen appears (with 3 options: no config, full screen, CLI), the system becomes unusable. 3. The floppy drive light remains on, as though the floopy is awaiting instructions or has been interrupted in data transfer. 4. I have provided my complete system specs and resource usage in an earlier post. It appears that there may be some resource conflicts. My system uses IRQ 11 for the Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller, while FreeBSD uses IRQ 11 for an adaptec SCSI Controller. My keyboard and FreeBSD's use of IRQ12 and IOMem 0060h may also be a problem. (This is not an exhaustive list of possible conflicts) 5. I can boot the NetBSD installation disk and use my keyboard to select options (e.g. configure my NIC) so this may provide some additional info or a possible roadmap to a solution. For example, does it dynamically find resources for more devices than FreeBSD (especially the Adaptec SCSI controller and keyboards/mice)? Does NetBSD provide support for USB keyboards in their installation kernel? Etc. John ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message