On 9/12/06, Mark Cullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Keith Phipps wrote: > Good Day, > > We've got a FreeBSD box that's running 4.10 (that may not be correct, but > it's 4.x for certain) and it's not seeing our ATA driver on the appliance > it's been installed on. It's just a small 1u device, 1 hard drive, no RAID. > The same version installs on the 2u with the RAID controller no problem. > Best I can tell, 6.1 has the proper ATA driver. ICH7 is what I'm looking > for. > > The build of our boxes are ISO'd on a CD, so I'm wondering the best way to > get this done - as I've never had to recompile anything and the more and > more I'm reading, the more and more it looks like I'm going to have to > > a) figure out where/how to pull the ICH7 ATA driver from the 6.1 build > b) how I can recompile the kernel that goes with the ISO > > It'd be easy (so google says) if it were anything other than the drive > controller - but since I can get to the drive, I can't load the OS > properly, > can't just replace the kernel that way. > > Any and all ideas, resources, etc.. would be helpful, as this was just sort > of dropped on my plate. > > Thanks! > > -Keith > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > Is there any particular reason why you can't just use 6.1? I know it's probably not what you want to hear, but it's highly likely it's going to be said if I don't anyway :-) If it's because of stability, you *could* give NetBSD or OpenBSD a try perhaps? I had even 4.x panic'ing and locking up on my machine, where NetBSD 3 is totally stable. I *think* NetBSD 3 supports ICH7 at least.
I wish that were possible, and it will be in a few months. We've got to keep the production boxes the same as the ones in the field until we do the big upgrade post new year. Believe me, I've run my head into the "lets just get to 6.1 stable" head into the wall over this one. Got to love red tape :) --
Mark Cullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BSc (Hons), Computer Science
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