Greetings Peter, and thank you for your response. On Fri, June 4, 2010 10:22 pm, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2010-Jun-04 16:36:08 -0700, fbsdm...@dnswatch.com wrote: > >> After _finally_ making the correct decisions to install amd64 on an >> AMD64 system. I was able to make/build/install world && kernel, I see >> a difference in drive recognition. > > Can you please do a verbose boot and post the resultant dmesg somewhere > (preferably with your USB DVD drive connected).
Funny you should ask. I saved one for just this reason. :) To ensure mail clients don't wrap the lines which make it harder to read, I've posted it @ https://ultimatedns.NET/dmesg_2.gz > > >> kernel: ata3-master: pio=PIO4 wdma=WDMA2 udma=UDMA133 cable=40 wire >> kernel: ad6: 476940MB <Seagate ST3500630AS 3.AAK> at ata3-master SATA300 >> > >> kernel: ata3-master: pio=PIO4 wdma=WDMA2 udma=UDMA133 cable=40 wire >> kernel: ad6: setting UDMA100 >> kernel: ad6: 476940MB <Seagate ST3500630AS 3.AAK> at ata3-master UDMA100 >> SATA 3Gb/s >> > > The 'UDMA' numbers are meaningless for SATA controllers/drives. Then why them emit at all? Thanks again for taking the time to respond. --Chris > > > -- > Peter Jeremy > > -- kern: FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE amd64 MB: MSI 880GMA-E45 (socket: AM3) CPU: AMD Phenom X3 440 (3 core) @3.5Ghz RAM: 2 4Gb CORSAIR DDR3 DualChannel PC1600 _______________________________________________ freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"