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FREEBSD Newbie needs help
	2007-10-05 19:14:02

Now that I am retired, I want to do some things just for fun and to learn new things. I have a new homebuilt computer that I want use as a server for my home email and website. I have an AMD-64 Athlon with 2Gb of memory.  I have 2 IDE drives and 2 SATA drives. I am unable to install FREEBSD unless I boot up in safe mode. Once installed, I am unable to run it unless I boot up in safe mode. The problem seems to be that it cannot write to the first IDE drive unless in safe mode. I tried installing and running the trial 64-bit version of Windows Small Business Server to see what happened.  It installed and ran fine but I refuse to use it. Any ideas? Thanks for any help you may be able to give me.
Fwd: FREEBSD Newbie needs help
	2007-10-05 23:21:15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: tim jacques < netmantejgmail.com">netmantejgmail.com> Date: Oct 6, 2007 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [tribug-members] FREEBSD Newbie needs help To: Bob Spence < rjs194bellsouth.net">rjs194bellsouth.net> On 10/5/07, Bob Spence < rjs194bellsouth.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">rjs194bellsouth.net> wrote: Now that I am retired, I want to do some things just for fun and to learn new things. I have a new homebuilt computer that I want use as a server for my home email and website. I have an AMD-64 Athlon with 2Gb of memory.  I have 2 IDE drives and 2 SATA drives. I am unable to install FREEBSD unless I boot up in safe mode. Once installed, I am unable to run it unless I boot up in safe mode. The problem seems to be that it cannot write to the first IDE drive unless in safe mode. I tried installing and running the trial 64-bit version of Windows Small Business Server to see what happened.  It installed and ran fine but I refuse to use it. Any ideas? Thanks for any help you may be able to give me. _______________________________________________ tribug-members mailing list tribug-memberstribug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tribug-memberstribug.org http://www.tribug.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/tribug-members Good evening . What version of Freebsd are you using ? Are you using the "i386" or "amd64" set ? What is the model of the motherboard ? And ... Can you attach the output from dmesg ?? Tim ..
Re: Fwd: FREEBSD Newbie needs help
	2007-10-06 12:01:52

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: tim jacques < netmantejgmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">netmantejgmail.com> Date: Oct 6, 2007 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [tribug-members] FREEBSD Newbie needs help To: Bob Spence < rjs194bellsouth.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">rjs194bellsouth.net> On 10/5/07, Bob Spence < rjs194bellsouth.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">rjs194bellsouth.net> wrote: Now that I am retired, I want to do some things just for fun and to learn new things. I have a new homebuilt computer that I want use as a server for my home email and website. I have an AMD-64 Athlon with 2Gb of memory.  I have 2 IDE drives and 2 SATA drives. I am unable to install FREEBSD unless I boot up in safe mode. ; Once installed, I am unable to run it unless I boot up in safe mode. ; The problem seems to be that it cannot write to the first IDE drive unless in safe mode. I tried installing and running the trial 64-bit version of Windows Small Business Server to see what happened.  It installed and ran fine but I refuse to use it. Any ideas? Thanks for any help you may be able to give me. _______________________________________________ tribug-members mailing list tribug-memberstribug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tribug-memberstribug.org http://www.tribug.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/tribug-members Good evening . What version of Freebsd are you using ? Are you using the "i386" or "amd64" set ? What is the model of the motherboard ? And ... Can you attach the output from dmesg ?? Tim .. On 10/6/07, Bob Spence < rjs194bellsouth.net">rjs194bellsouth.net> wrote: 6.2 version Amd64 set ASUS M2N-E SLI motherboard I'm afraid I do not know how to do the dmesg.  I remember it had something about DMA and unable to write to hard disk. I apologize for my ignorance. Thanks again for your help. From: tribug-members-bouncestribug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tribug-members-bouncestribug.org [mailto: tribug-members-bouncestribug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> tribug-members-bouncestribug.org] On Behalf Of tim jacques Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 12:21 AM To: tribug-memberstribug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tribug-memberstribug.org Subject: [tribug-members] Fwd: FREEBSD Newbie needs help ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( REPLY AT THE BOTTOM ..) Good afternoon .. Have you tried the " ACPI disabled" boot option on the Freebsd boot menu ? If so , what was the result ? Exactly what drives are in the system ? If there are no SATA drives in the system , disable the SATA controller in the bios and try it again .. You run "dmesg" at the shell prompt . It will give you the contents of the system message buffer .. The results of hardware probing .. Tim ..
Fwd: FREEBSD Newbie needs help
	2007-10-06 17:00:16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: tim jacques < netmantejgmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">netmantejgmail.com> Date: Oct 6, 2007 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [tribug-members] FREEBSD Newbie needs help To: Bob Spence < rjs194bellsouth.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">rjs194bellsouth.net> On 10/5/07, Bob Spence < rjs194bellsouth.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">rjs194bellsouth.net> wrote: Now that I am retired, I want to do some things just for fun and to learn new things. I have a new homebuilt computer that I want use as a server for my home email and website. I have an AMD-64 Athlon with 2Gb of memory.  I have 2 IDE drives and 2 SATA drives. I am unable to install FREEBSD unless I boot up in safe mode. ; Once installed, I am unable to run it unless I boot up in safe mode. ; The problem seems to be that it cannot write to the first IDE drive unless in safe mode. I tried installing and running the trial 64-bit version of Windows Small Business Server to see what happened.  It installed and ran fine but I refuse to use it. Any ideas? Thanks for any help you may be able to give me. _______________________________________________ tribug-members mailing list tribug-memberstribug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tribug-memberstribug.org http://www.tribug.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/tribug-members Good evening . What version of Freebsd are you using ? Are you using the "i386" or "amd64" set ? What is the model of the motherboard ? And ... Can you attach the output from dmesg ?? Tim .. On 10/6/07, Bob Spence < rjs194bellsouth.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> rjs194bellsouth.net> wrote: 6.2 version Amd64 set ASUS M2N-E SLI motherboard I'm afraid I do not know how to do the dmesg.  I remember it had something about DMA and unable to write to hard disk. ; I apologize for my ignorance. Thanks again for your help. From: tribug-members-bouncestribug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> tribug-members-bouncestribug.org [mailto: tribug-members-bouncestribug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> tribug-members-bouncestribug.org] On Behalf Of tim jacques Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 12:21 AM To: tribug-memberstribug.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tribug-memberstribug.org Subject: [tribug-members] Fwd: FREEBSD Newbie needs help ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( REPLY AT THE BOTTOM ..) Good afternoon .. Have you tried the " ACPI disabled" boot option on the Freebsd boot menu ? If so , what was the result ? Exactly what drives are in the system ? If there are no SATA drives in the system , disable the SATA controller in the bios and try it again .. You run ";dmesg"; at the shell prompt . It will give you the contents of the system message buffer .. The results of hardware probing .. Tim .. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bob Spence < rjs194bellsouth.net">rjs194bellsouth.net> Date: Oct 6, 2007 3:12 PM Subject: RE: [tribug-members] Fwd: FREEBSD Newbie needs help To: tim jacques < netmantejgmail.com">netmantejgmail.com> Tim, After reading some articles on keeping FreeBSD patched and up-to-date and considering the problem I am having with the installation, I guess I will have to go to the MS Windows server even if I do dislike MS. Even though I have spent 40+ years in IT, I'm just not sure I can get it set up as I want it. I wish there was someone in the Greensboro area that I could hire at a price I could afford to help me get it started but I can't seem to find one. I appreciate your efforts to help me. Thanks Boob – that was a typo but maybe accurate Bob Good afternoon .. FreeBSD is not for the self defeated  .. Sure it requires a little effort  , but like anything worth having , IT IS WORTH IT .. You can do this .. You survived 40 years in IT .... Over the lifetime of the box , FreeBSD will generate substantially less pain than a win box .. But you need to do the foot work .. Have you googled "FreeBSD" and "M2N-E SLI" ?? Did you see the interupt storm and workarounds ?? Did you try anything from my last post ?? Tim ..

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