Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 11:53:50 +0000 From: David Larkin <David.Larkin@DJL.co.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: No disk found ! Hitachi DK23AA-90] Message-ID: <3BE920CE.364A409C@DJL.co.uk>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------43A639D08F3427119549A462 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------43A639D08F3427119549A462 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <David.Larkin@djl.co.uk> Delivered-To: la_force-larkin-larkin@larkin.f9.co.uk Received: (qmail 23604 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2001 12:50:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur-qfe1-smtp-plusnet.harl.plus.net with SMTP; 7 Nov 2001 12:50:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 16471 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2001 12:50:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO djl01.djl.co.uk) (195.58.135.195) by murphys.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 7 Nov 2001 12:50:43 -0000 Received: from marvin.nildram.co.uk (marvin.nildram.co.uk [195.112.4.71]) by djl01.djl.co.uk (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id fA7D10W99722 for <David.Larkin@DJL.co.uk>; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 13:01:00 GMT (envelope-from David.Larkin@DJL.co.uk) Received: (qmail 9925 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2001 12:50:49 -0000 Received: from djl.gotadsl.co.uk (HELO DJL.co.uk) (213.208.117.42) by marvin.nildram.co.uk with SMTP; 7 Nov 2001 12:50:49 -0000 Sender: david@djl.co.uk Message-ID: <3BE92070.6F7D061C@DJL.co.uk> Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 11:52:16 +0000 From: David Larkin <David.Larkin@djl.co.uk> Organization: D.J.L. Software Consultancy Ltd. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org.uk Subject: No disk found ! Hitachi DK23AA-90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Hi, In June this year I reported a problem installing 4.3 on my laptop. This is a machine with 2.2.8 already installed. I was unable to resolve the problem and decided to wait for 4.4 release and try again. Unfortunately with 4.4 I am getting the same problem. I have appended my message from June below, together with a reply from Andreas who had experienced a similar problem and offered some explanation. Maybe I show stick to Windoze after all ;-) David >From June 7 2001 > David, > > I am experiencing the same kind of problem with release 4.1 and 4.2 boot > disks. From the kernel messages I derive that the IDE controller (Acer > Labs PCI chipset) is not recognised by the ata driver. I the built (on > another machine) a customized kernel with the old wd driver and copied > it over to the install disk. Since you had no problem with 2.2.8, this > could also be the way to go for you? > > Though, I do not understand why the installation kernel doesn't use wd > right away. This could save some people a lot of trouble. Somebody > responsible for the boot floppies should decide to switch back to the > 100% reliable wd driver. > > Andreas > > > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > > Von: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]Im Auftrag von > > David Larkin > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Juni 2001 16:15 > > An: questions@freebsd.org; hardware@freebsd.org; dirkx@covalent.net; > > david.larkin@DJL.co.uk > > Betreff: Re: No disk found ! Hitachi DK23AA-90 > > > > > > Hi, > > Following up from my query of last week. > > > > I'm trying to boot my laptop from 4.3 floppies. > > I've been rumnning 2.2.8 on the same machine for over 2 years. > > I'm now tryiing to install 4.3 on a new hard disk. > > > > When I get to the 'disk partitioning' page it says > > > > No disk found ! Please verify that your disk controller is > > being properly > > probed at boot time. See the hardware guide on the Documentation Menu > > > > I tried booting from 4.3 floppies but with the disk on which I have > > 2.2.8 installed. The intention being to abort installation before > > formatting the disk. > > Again, it tells me 'No Disks found', and this disk happilly > > boots 2.2.8 > > without using boot floppies. > > > > I then blew the dust of an old floppy labelled PAO 2.2.8 and booted > > that with the new disk and this worked, allowing me to set > > disk partitions. > > > > Clearly I have no intention of installing 2.2.8, but I think > > this indicates > > that > > the hardware is OK. > > > > boot -s reports ... > > > > isa0: on isab0 > > atapci0: port 0xfcd0-0xfcdf at > > device 3.1 on > > pci0 > > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > > uhci0 ..... etc. > > > > further down it reports .... > > > > pccard: card inserted, slot 1 > > ata0-master: ata_command: timeout waiting for intr > > ata0-master: identity failed > > > > Can anyone suggest a way forward ? > > > > Is it the 4.3 floppies ? > > > > Can I get 4.2 floppies ? > > > > When will 4.4 be coming out ? > > > > Thanks > > Dave > --------------43A639D08F3427119549A462-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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