Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 20:22:52 +0200 From: "Siegbert Baude" <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de> To: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, "Jamie Grunewald" <jamieg@cardiologica.net> Cc: <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install Hangs while unpacking Message-ID: <001101c023f8$fe03d720$4011a8c0@wohnheim.uniulm.de> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000921135603.68274B-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>
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> > I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 4.0 on an Packard Bell Intel Pentium > > 133. This system is relatively o"old". about 5 years. I've noticed that > > when it's probing for hardware during the boot I noticed this line: > > > > "atapci0: <CMD 640 controller !Warning! Buggy chip data loss possible> > > irq 14 at device 13.0 on pci0" > > Stop right there. Don't even try to install FreeBSd on a machine with one > of these. In fact, don't try and install any OS on one of those. I had > one and it hung every OS I installed on it - DOS, Windows 95/98/NT, > FreeBSD. I never had a system with CMD640, but I know that Linux has a special kernel option for this chipset, which is announced as workaround for the known problems. If I should choose between a new system with FreeBSD and an old one with Linux, I would know, what to prefer however ;-) To be sure, if you should expect problems then, ask on a Linux list. Ciao Siegbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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