Hardware is compatible with FreeBSD 4.x but fails on FreeBSD 6.x

[John Baldwin]

On Saturday 31 December 2005 04:32 pm, Anton Zavrin wrote:
> Hello,
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> Can someone provide some input on such phenomena.
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> I tried to install FreeBSD 6.0 on the same computer that is currently
> running FreeBSD 4.10, but when I try to wipe existing harddrive clean it
> says no HDDs found, also, advising me to check if my HDD controller is
> supported or something in that spirit.
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> This is from dmesg on that PC:
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> atapci0: <VIA 8235 ATA133 controller> port 0xfc00-0xfc0f at device 17.1
> on pci0
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> ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
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> ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
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> I checked FreeBSD hardware notes for 6.0 and didn't see any references
> for this controller. Does it mean I must change my motherboard to
> install 6.0 or/and up?

Is there anyway that you could capture the dmesg from the 6.0 boot perhaps 
using a serial console?

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