-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I think this could also be interresting for this mailing list, to inform that the problem ist fixed (from: i386-mailinglist): WHOO HOO!! You are CORRECT sir! I cannot beleive that the problem was the BIOS version. Thank you for your assistance and I am now BSD'ing again. I want to also thank everyone else who tried to help me on this issue. Dean. - --- Jerome-Pascale Klodzinski <jpk_at_gmx.org> wrote: >> I can take a look at the log-file of the BIOS >> updates! ;) I just noticed >> that the version A04 is no longer available on the >> dell-support side. The >> relevant info of the BIOS A05 is following: >> >> 1. Fixed enhancement added in the A04 BIOS that >> added support for INT 13 >> DMA transfers (under DOS) when operating in >> protected mode. Problem >> with previous BIOS revision prevented accessing the >> systems hard-disk >> drive in DOS when running in a protected mode >> environment. >> >> AS an attachment i send the whole log. >> >> Regards >> >> Jerome-P. Klodzinski Eric Anderson wrote: > JP Klodzinski wrote: > > Hello Dean, > > I'm sorry that i mixed the mailing lists, but i think this could also be > interessting for all other in this list using a D610. I think that it > not depends to th ICH6M SATA controller. It's an problem with the BIOS. > I got my D610 with the BIOS A03 and everything worked fine. Than i > updated the BIOS to A04 and the problems are the same as you described. > I also testet every FBSD version i had. Today i updated the BIOS to the > newest version A05 and no problems. So could you be so kind and may > check your BIOS version if it is the A04, i hope you have a chance to > update the BIOS. ;) > > > >> Just to confirm, I was using A03 on the D610's. > >> Eric > > > >>>> On 9/5/05, Dean Patterson <psamuel01_at_yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> [snip] >>>> FWIW, >>>> http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/index.pl?action=show_laptop_detail&laptop=627 >>>> >>>> > _______________________________________________ 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" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDHpbwZ7GnDF3tpZURAq9aAJ9dfX6wSBvfdXu5waRmPYIzx66nFACg+y/5 3LeyKeoBqjDBQk5W+u0yQI0= =BzMW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----Received on Wed Sep 07 2005 - 05:18:45 UTC
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