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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.dfn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!se From: se@MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Not supported message - Please interpret! Date: 24 Jul 1995 14:30:48 GMT Organization: Institute for Mathematics, University of Cologne, Germany Lines: 46 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3v0aqo$f28@news.rrz.uni-koeln.de> References: <9507211537252076@rio.muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: fileserv1.mi.uni-koeln.de In article <9507211537252076@rio.muc.de>, Thomas Schreiber <ts@rio.muc.de> writes: |> |> When starting INSTALL.BAT I get the following message: |> |> Probing for devices on the pci0 bus: |> configuration mode 1 allows 32 devices |> pci0:1: vendor=0x1083, device=0x613, class=bridge [not supported] |> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The [not supported] warning generally doesn't mean that something failed ... I've changed it into [no driver assigned] in FreeBSD-current, since it has been the source of too much confusion. |> What device is this? This is some part of the PCI chip set, most likely a bridge chip between PCI and ISA or VLB busses. |> Is it possible, that this is the reason for |> the massive problems I have with installing FreeBSD 2.0.5? No. These chips are initialised by the PCI BIOS, and left alone by the kernel ... The BIOS just got to do the right things ... |> (I get a lot of header checksum errors (cpio) and invalid format |> errors (gunzip) - Have tried different things to get rid of that but |> without success) You didn't tell from what kind of medium you are trying to install. This might make a difference :) |> My Hardware: Pentium 50/75 PCI (FOREX SF586 P54C PCI MB), Adaptec |> 2940, 8MB Ram, 520 MB Syquest IDE HD, 1024 IBM SCSI HD, Goldstar SCSI |> CDROM drive, NE2000 compat. Ethernet card. Don't know anything about FOREX, but the peripherals shouldn't cause any compatibility problems with FreeBSD. Regards, -- Stefan Esser Internet: <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE> Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 Weyertal 80 50931 Koeln