Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:32:56 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: Bruce Caruthers <bkc-freebsdlists@DreamFire.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel G965 chipset? Message-ID: <46A18C78.1010707@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <46A18C37.7040005@u.washington.edu> References: <20070713150725.A52319@dreamfire.com> <4698D140.9010301@mawer.org> <20070720212648.A71287@dreamfire.com> <46A18C37.7040005@u.washington.edu>
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Garrett Cooper wrote: > Bruce Caruthers wrote: >> On Sat Jul 14, 2007, Antony Mawer wrote: >> >>> On 14/07/2007 8:07 AM, Bruce Caruthers wrote: >>> ... >>> >>>> === My Question: >>>> So, can I use an Intel motherboard with the 965 >>>> chipset? If not, what is the latest chipset I can >>>> use which will meet my needs? >>>> >>> We use the 965 based boards for many of our servers and they work >>> fine - >>> the only gotchas I have come across has been the onboard IDE controller >>> is a Marvell ATA controller, and not supported by the drivers in >>> 6.2-RELEASE. I made a back-port of the -CURRENT driver to 6.2 some >>> months ago and have not had any problems (although the CD-ROM connected >>> to said IDE channel is only used for the installation process!). >>> >>> I would imagine that the driver is likely present in 6-STABLE and the >>> upcoming 6.3 release later this year. >>> >>> --Antony >>> >> >> >> Now that the parts have arrived and I actually have >> the machine (physically) set up, I am trying to >> install from the downloaded ISO images (6.2-Release, >> downloaded 7/20). >> >> Each boot option hangs at different places (standard >> stops after identifying the disks as ad4 and ad8, >> ACPI turned off stops at md0, and verbose logging >> actually gets to the first menu, but no longer >> accepts keyboard input at that point -- might be >> hung, since couldn't warm boot from the keyboard, >> either, at that point). >> >> Were you able to do any of the install without the >> backported driver, or did you generate a custom >> install disk? >> >> Or, would it be better if I try making the boot >> floppies and installing over ftp? >> >> Any suggestions, or perhaps a downloadable ISO >> image, since you already went through this? :) >> >> I have 2xSATA300 disks as RAID-1, and an ATAPI DVD >> drive for installing. And an old 3.5" floppy drive >> I found on one of my parts heaps. >> >> (mobo: Intel DG965WH) >> >> Thanks for any help! >> -bkc >> > > Try a 6.2 snapshot (if that's not what you meant by downloaded 7/20). > If that fails, try 7-CURRENT snapshots (most recent ones, i.e. over > the last month, are the best idea). There were a variety of fixes made > to USB input and control (if you're using a USB keyboard instead of a > PS/2 one). > -Garrett Another idea -- update your BIOS if possible via bootdisk. There were most likely some BIOS / chipset fixes done in the past couple months which will benefit your board. -Garrett
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