Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 13:58:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: Jamie Grunewald <jamieg@cardiologica.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install Hangs while unpacking Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000921135603.68274B-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <005f01c023d4$cfb13530$292ee0d1@jamie>
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On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Jamie Grunewald wrote: > Okay here's the situation, > > 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. You'll be better off finding a new/different system with a better HDD controller, since trying to keep a system running that has one of these controllers will drive you to your grave. -- Matthew Emmerton GSI oOmputer Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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