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| author | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2007-10-29 20:06:32 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2007-10-29 20:12:27 +0100 |
| commit | dee07dd5417d53af9aec5f3caca9d8ddb56db188 (patch) | |
| tree | cbede5f4c76d87d6b731ce645abb6f8af6acfbfa | |
| parent | 2fdeabc57119f1ca9bd246cd7ec6aec63a590822 (diff) | |
Show how booting in a SATA system will fail. Use the `toggle' plugin.
| -rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn index 7ddd931c..9deb65d5 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ GNU Mach current only supports the `x86` (alias `ia32` or `i386`) architecture. `amd64`/`ix64` should work in `32-bit` compatibility mode. However, in practice `amd64` systems seem to be troublesome more often than not. This is probably related to the same (chipset-related) problems we often see with recent -machines; but it seems that amd64 ones use problematic chipsets particularily +machines; but it seems that `amd64` ones use problematic chipsets particularily often. So far we haven't heard of similar problems with Intel's eqivalent `ix64` (or `EM64T` as it used to be called) -- but maybe that just means fewer people tried running the Hurd on such machines :-) @@ -54,7 +54,17 @@ IEEE 1394 is not supported at this time Most IDE drives are known to work. Some drive geometries do not work. If you find a specific IDE drive that does not work, make a note of the model and technical specifications here. -SATA drives may work in compatibility mode. <!-- Sure? --[[tschwinge]] --> +[[toggle id="SATA" text="SATA drives may work in compatibility mode."]] +<!-- Sure? --[[tschwinge]] --> + +[[toggleable id="SATA" text=""" +This is how booting a [[GNU/Hurd_system|hurd]] will typically fail if GNU Mach +couldn't connect to the hard disk, e.g., in a SATA system without IDE +compatibility mode: + + start (hd0,3)/hurd/ext2fs.static: (hd0,3)/hurd/ext2fs.static + device:hd0s4: No such device or address +"""]] # Device Drivers |