FreeBSD 4.x-RELEASE on the intel 875 or 865-series chipsets

[Dan Strick]

The author of the following email apparently had difficulty sending this
to freebsd-questions, so I am forwarding it to the mailing list without
comment.

DRS

> From CMcMahon at loronix.com Fri Dec 12 14:11:27 2003
> From: "McMahon, Chris" <CMcMahon at loronix.com>
> To: ...
> Subject: FreeBSD 4.8 will not boot on 865 motherboard in any mode! 
> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:36:42 -0700
>
> Hello... 
> 	I'm afraid my mail to the BSD board bounces-feel free to re-send
> this... 
> 	I have just discovered that FreeBSD 4.8 does not boot 865
> motherboards in either "Enhanced" or "Legacy" mode.  But I know from
> experience that FreeBSD 4.9 and 5.1 both handle the 865 though, in either
> mode-the problem is in the ata driver, and has been cropping up for some
> time, although I haven't found a root cause. 
> 	As a workaround, I'm using a 4.9 kernel in a 4.8 installation.  It's
> ugly, but it'll get me through the night... 
> 	-Chris