It had the ICH6M, but the 915GM is graphics I believe (so shouldn't matter). Here's a somewhat recent dmesg output: http://googlebit.com/freebsd/dmesg.txt.200508062026 I'd guess either it's a BIOS config problem, or something that was selected on installed. We have several D610's, and all the times I've tried installing FreeBSD on them, I've had no issues. I don't believe we ever saw the output of bsdlabel and fdisk on ad0 - can you send that please? Eric Dean Patterson wrote: > Do you have the Intel 915GM chipset and the ICH6M SATA > controller? > > --- Eric Anderson <anderson_at_centtech.com> wrote: > > >>Dean Patterson wrote: >> >>>Well I checked it using the shell and it was >> >>marked as >> >>>active. But the problem is that the ATA driver >> >>only >> >>>supports up to ICH5, per the man pages. So how is >>>that situation handled? I assume that I am NEVER >>>going to run FBSD on this laptop? >> >>For what it's worth, I ran 5.4, 6.0, and 7.0 on a >>D610 with no problems. >> >>Eric >> >> >> >> >>>--- Darren Pilgrim <dmp_at_bitfreak.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>From: Dean Patterson [mailto:psamuel01_at_yahoo.com] >>>> >>>> >>>>>I am sorry I should have mentioned that I also >>>> >>>>tried >>>> >>>> >>>>>explicitly setting the slice active. I will try >>>> >>>>again >>>> >>>> >>>>>and check it using the shell; however, when I >>>> >>>>tried >>>> >>>> >>>>>using the holographic shell nothing worked. I >>>> >>>>tried >>>> >>>> >>>>>using fdisk, bsdlabel, and ls and I always get >> >>the >> >>>>>message "command not found." >>>> >>>>The holographic shell is not the same as the >> >>fix-it >> >>>>shell. The >>>>holographic shell lacks, among other things proper >>>>paths, which makes it >>>>impossible to run many programs. The "Fix-It" >> >>shell >> >>>>is a menu option in >>>>sysinstall and starts a fully-functional shell. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>__________________________________________________ >>>Do You Yahoo!? >>>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam >> >>protection around >> >>>http://mail.yahoo.com >>>_______________________________________________ >>>freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list >>> >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > >>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> >>"freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" >> >> >>-- >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator >> Centaur Technology >>Anything that works is better than anything that >>doesn't. >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------Received on Sun Sep 04 2005 - 10:01:10 UTC
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