Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 08:40:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/27987: New ATA Driver failure with VIA Southbridge VT82686A Message-ID: <200106091540.f59Fe3f91611@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/27987; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> To: feh@fehcom.de Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/27987: New ATA Driver failure with VIA Southbridge VT82686A Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 17:33:14 +0200 (CEST) It seems feh@fehcom.de wrote: > > >Number: 27987 > >Category: kern > >Synopsis: New ATA Driver failure with VIA Southbridge VT82686A > >Confidential: no > >Severity: critical > >Priority: medium > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Sat Jun 09 05:50:01 PDT 2001 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Erwin Hoffmann > >Release: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 > >Organization: > FEHCom > >Environment: > (Can't do it!) > >Description: > I am currently running FreeBSD 3.5.1 on a Gericom NB with AMD K6-2/500 > 196 MB RAM, VIA integrated chipset (Trident Cyber Blade etc.). Disc is > Toshiba MK6015MAP (6 GB). > In an attempt to upgrade to 4.1/4.2/4.3 I harvest a complete desaster: > > - The installation succeeds with some write failures. > - After the first reboot the file system is "mangeled" and the system > starts with a default shell, since even /etc/fstab is not evaluated. > - Strange enough, some parts of /bin, /sbin, /usr/.. are intact thus some > command work. > - No chance to fix it manually via fsck - to many failures (like > (double used inodes etc.). > - The NB works fine with WinNT and FreeBSD 3.5.1. > - Pls. remember: The VIA Southbridge VT82686A (Rev. 0x06) is not the > VT82686_B_. > - The problem is independent whether I raise on the BSD slices more > filesystems (eg. /, /usr,..). Currently I have simply a swap and a /. Hmm, the '686A is supported in 4.3 so thats not the problem, you should try to disable DMA on 4.3 and see if that solves the problem. -Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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