Some time ago I had posted a problem I was suffering trying to install freebsd 5.4 on a Compaq evo 510 PC. The boot immediatedly stopped with weird indications on the causes. Freesbie also failed. Surfing the net I understood that the problem with that specific PC was already known and no real solution was proposed. Today I came across http://www. czaplinski.net/FreeBSD/hpi386.html in which it was suggested that EVO 510 CPU: 2.8 GHz P4; 1024MB RAM; i810 Intel integrated NIC (recognized as EEPro100); i845 Intel integrated video...FreeBSD 5.1 loads, but only after DMA is disabled in BIOS.
In fact, disabling the bios dma I was able to start both freesbie and the 5.4 installation CD! Not being a PC expert but knowing that dma is useful to significantly reduce the load of the CPU when I/O operations are in progress and my question is: Having disabled the bios dma, Is dma (re-)enabled all the same in some way by freebsd 5.4 when it boots OR will I have a "crippled" system at my disposal? Take into account that the pc will work as a postgresql server. Suggestions? Ciao Vittorio _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"