Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2009-05-18 Thread David Roberts
Hi, I was reading this thread as the problem I'm having seems quite similar, and with version 7.2, although I had the same behavior with 6.3 as well. The only variation on the dialog below is I do not have any CDROM or other device attached. My configuration is: primary IDE: 10GB Seagate

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2009-05-18 Thread David Roberts
Hi, I was reading this thread as the problem I'm having seems quite similar, and with version 7.2, although I had the same behavior with 6.3 as well. The only variation on the dialog below is I do not have any CDROM or other device attached. My configuration is: primary IDE: 10GB Seagate

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2009-05-18 Thread Mike Jeays
-- Mike Jeays http://www.jeays.ca http://www.rotarycpmm.ca On May 18, 2009 12:56:07 pm David Roberts wrote: Hi, I was reading this thread as the problem I'm having seems quite similar, and with version 7.2, although I had the same behavior with 6.3 as well. The only variation on the

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2009-05-18 Thread Kent Stewart
On Monday 18 May 2009 09:56:07 am David Roberts wrote: Hi, I was reading this thread as the problem I'm having seems quite similar, and with version 7.2, although I had the same behavior with 6.3 as well. ad0: 9541MB Seagate ST310212A 3.39 at ata0-master UDMA66 ad2: DMA limited to UDMA33,

RE: Disappointed with version 6.0

2009-05-18 Thread David Roberts
] Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:44 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: David Roberts Subject: Re: Disappointed with version 6.0 On Monday 18 May 2009 09:56:07 am David Roberts wrote: Hi, I was reading this thread as the problem I'm having seems quite similar, and with version 7.2, although I

RE: Motherboards FreeBSD [used to be RE: Disappointed with version 6.0]

2006-03-19 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:53 PM To: Ted Mittelstaedt; freebsd-questions Subject: Motherboards FreeBSD [used to be RE: Disappointed with version 6.0] --- Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm setting up a new

RE: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-19 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:00 PM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: Peter; freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Disappointed with version 6.0 Sounds harsh, a low end board may have performance problems and less

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-16 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Peter wrote: You could check and see what sysutils/healthd reports. It doesn't get all the volatges correct, but gets temps that, for me, reasonably match the BIOS and seem believable. Is it a science project or fairly simple? Trivial. From memory but it should

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-16 Thread Peter
--- Alex Zbyslaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter wrote: You could check and see what sysutils/healthd reports. It doesn't get all the volatges correct, but gets temps that, for me, reasonably match the BIOS and seem believable. Is it a science project or fairly simple? Trivial.

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-16 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Peter wrote: The values I'm getting fluctuate wildly. Sometimes with a difference of 30 degrees after waiting just a couple of seconds. That really doesn't sound good to me, but I don't really have enough experience of system building to do more than guess at the cause. I would strongly

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-16 Thread Peter
--- Alex Zbyslaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter wrote: The values I'm getting fluctuate wildly. Sometimes with a difference of 30 degrees after waiting just a couple of seconds. That really doesn't sound good to me, but I don't really have enough experience of system building to

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-15 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Chris wrote: [K8V-X SE] Sounds harsh, a low end board may have performance problems and less capability but it shouldnt justify an operating system not working, or are only high end boards supported? I have this board, and it works for what I do with it (single SATA 200Gb disk + built-in

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-15 Thread Peter
--- Alex Zbyslaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris wrote: [K8V-X SE] Sounds harsh, a low end board may have performance problems and less capability but it shouldnt justify an operating system not working, or are only high end boards supported? I have this board, and it works for

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-15 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Peter wrote: Right now I am running the 40 GB and the 200 GB IDE drives as master and slave on the primary controller and the CDROM as master on the secondary. The USB and serial ports are working. I concluded that the 300 GB disk was bad so I am returning it. Currently I can say the only

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-15 Thread Peter
--- Alex Zbyslaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter wrote: Right now I am running the 40 GB and the 200 GB IDE drives as master and slave on the primary controller and the CDROM as master on the secondary. The USB and serial ports are working. I concluded that the 300 GB disk was bad so I

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-15 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Peter wrote: No, I have a decent heatsink and a 120 mm chassis fan. I touch the heatsink and it is not even warm. This can actually indicate a problem - if the heatsink is not making proper contact with the cpu heat is not getting transferred = hot cpu and cool heatsink. Might be worth

RE: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-14 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 8:58 PM To: freebsd-questions Subject: Disappointed with version 6.0 I'm setting up a new server on 6.0 I've been planning for a long time and I am very disappointed with

Motherboards FreeBSD [used to be RE: Disappointed with version 6.0]

2006-03-14 Thread Peter
--- Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm setting up a new server on 6.0 I've been planning for a long time and I am very disappointed with two critical issues. My motherboard is the ASUS K8V-X SE that I chose because it was listed as compatible at the FreeBSD/amd64 Project:

Re: Motherboards FreeBSD [used to be RE: Disappointed with version 6.0]

2006-03-14 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:53:00 -0500 (EST) Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a secret resource I haven't found? [EMAIL PROTECTED] + its archives FWIW, we have a TYAN dual opteron box, 4 x SATA drives, 1 RU, works a treat. I think it's the something-24 model. search the archives for more

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-14 Thread Chris
On 14/03/06, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 8:58 PM To: freebsd-questions Subject: Disappointed with version 6.0 I'm setting up a new server on 6.0 I've

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-14 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Tuesday 14 March 2006 22:00, Chris wrote: On 14/03/06, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 8:58 PM To: freebsd-questions Subject: Disappointed with

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-11 Thread Peter
--- Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 11:57:59PM -0500, Peter wrote: I'm setting up a new server on 6.0 I've been planning for a long time and I am very disappointed with two critical issues. My motherboard is the ASUS K8V-X SE that I chose because it was

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-11 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
On 3/11/06, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might have more luck if you also talk to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not sure who this is but I'll look into it. The amd64-related mailing list When something is plugged into a [USB] port and the system

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-11 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Friday 10 March 2006 22:57, Peter wrote: I'm setting up a new server on 6.0 I've been planning for a long time and I am very disappointed with two critical issues. My motherboard is the ASUS K8V-X SE that I chose because it was listed as compatible at the FreeBSD/amd64 Project:

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-11 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-03-11 06:42, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 11:57:59PM -0500, Peter wrote: Onto the problems... You might have more luck if you also talk to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not sure who this is but I'll look into it.

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-11 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 06:42:49AM -0500, Peter wrote: 2. I can't use my USB ports! I get a line like this for each of my ports: uhci0: VIA 83C572 USB controller port 0xb800-0xb81f irq 21 at device 16.0 on pci0 uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] OK, but what is the problem?

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-11 Thread Peter
--- Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, device found non-ATA66 cable ad0: 39205MB Maxtor 6K040L0 NAR61HA0 at ata0-master UDMA33 acd0: CDROM GCR-8525B/1.02 at ata0-slave PIO4 ad2: 190782MB Seagate ST3200826A 3.03 at ata1-master UDMA100 ad3:

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-11 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Saturday 11 March 2006 02:42, Peter wrote: --- Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 11:57:59PM -0500, Peter wrote: I'm setting up a new server on 6.0 I've been planning for a long time and I am very disappointed with two critical issues. My

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-11 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Saturday 11 March 2006 13:38, Peter wrote: --- Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, device found non-ATA66 cable ad0: 39205MB Maxtor 6K040L0 NAR61HA0 at ata0-master UDMA33 acd0: CDROM GCR-8525B/1.02 at ata0-slave PIO4 ad2: 190782MB Seagate

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-11 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Saturday 11 March 2006 18:48, Peter wrote: You can answer me tomorrow if you like but here is an update: I removed the cdrom and the problem remains. I got the usb ports to work as well by updating the bios and fiddling with some settings. It is truly a mystery why this 300 GB drive

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-11 Thread Peter
--- Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 11 March 2006 13:38, Peter wrote: --- Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, device found non-ATA66 cable ad0: 39205MB Maxtor 6K040L0 NAR61HA0 at ata0-master UDMA33 acd0: CDROM

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-11 Thread Peter
--- Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 11 March 2006 18:48, Peter wrote: You can answer me tomorrow if you like but here is an update: I removed the cdrom and the problem remains. I got the usb ports to work as well by updating the bios and fiddling with some

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-11 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Saturday 11 March 2006 20:03, Peter wrote: OK, does dmesg still give this with the cdrom removed: ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, device found non-ATA66 cable ad0: 39205MB Maxtor 6K040L0 NAR61HA0 at ata0-master UDMA33 acd0: CDROM GCR-8525B/1.02 at ata0-slave PIO4 ad2: 190782MB Seagate

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-10 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 11:57:59PM -0500, Peter wrote: I'm setting up a new server on 6.0 I've been planning for a long time and I am very disappointed with two critical issues. My motherboard is the ASUS K8V-X SE that I chose because it was listed as compatible at the FreeBSD/amd64 Project:

Re: Disappointed with version 6.0

2006-03-10 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
On 3/11/06, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I set it up ok with sysinstall during the installation but the system will not boot properly if it has an entry in /etc/fstab. I get many errors like: ad3: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=63 Next time you might want to