summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2007-10-29 20:06:32 +0100
committerThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2007-10-29 20:12:27 +0100
commitdee07dd5417d53af9aec5f3caca9d8ddb56db188 (patch)
treecbede5f4c76d87d6b731ce645abb6f8af6acfbfa
parent2fdeabc57119f1ca9bd246cd7ec6aec63a590822 (diff)
Show how booting in a SATA system will fail. Use the `toggle' plugin.
-rw-r--r--microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn14
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