From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 2 02:18:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3748B106566C for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 02:18:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shaun.bsd@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9EEE8FC13 for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 02:18:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shaun.bsd@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k31so1094098fkk.11 for ; Thu, 01 May 2008 19:18:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=htGYeT9pwmMtkD0tSrmzCFO/SQ1L9Vh2PZcLBz6tb4Y=; b=WznNvDdsSdCjM1blM3YM3UBHFunXsLluUoRrQA+xJ5qDVCbu7g6Inv4XerK7fh/tzMdcy48rd7w4504zkQIHIJQoq0pksBTRsaVBsSmL3FFrwoOmU3rGZ44W/hheuYhl10YjvMU/y3WqgPxRK6E1yuUrVOmPgfGs3eWr0MhS1MI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Qsq2+duj9I9Nz0xlyh4wi+cdqF7wYL33wfRL0BKWhw4AenJjRN3sBA73yDadlkt4trG1dOdU7DQvGgcbLkh4PiKZBYIPsTeYEG1kzH71SDXF8SPvejzJqvVD7CR0uQsWIChoV0UPADrkrstRdPo8R9nnXSOdmigKRu6av2IlY7s= Received: by 10.78.198.14 with SMTP id v14mr779700huf.115.1209694729431; Thu, 01 May 2008 19:18:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.180.19 with HTTP; Thu, 1 May 2008 19:18:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 22:18:49 -0400 From: "Shaun Sabo" To: "Jeremy Chadwick" In-Reply-To: <20080501204157.GA67015@eos.sc1.parodius.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20080501182325.GA62281@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20080501204157.GA67015@eos.sc1.parodius.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 SATA Controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 02:18:51 -0000 since it is not 7-stable im interested in shouldnt i use the 7.0-RELEASE livefs? On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 03:04:28PM -0400, Shaun Sabo wrote: > > I checked to make sure that the hard disks are not in raid configuration > and > > there are not. i also checked and my bios are at the latest version > > available (A11). also this is an XPS 600 not 700 and i have the correct > > users manual in paper and digital formats. how would you like the dmesg > to > > be presented? i dont think i have any way to writing it to a thumb drive > or > > such devices from the installer. should i just take digital pictures? > > Digital pictures would be fine, unless you want to try the serial > console route (chances are you don't have this sort of environment set > up, so it's probably more effective to take photos). > > One thing: does Linux detect your disks on this system? > > I'd recommend downloading one of the recent RELENG_7 snapshot CDs, > specifically the "livefs" one, and boot it. dmesg doesn't come with the > standard installation disc (disc1), hence why I'm recommending livefs. > The snapshots are available here: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200804 > > You probably want one of these two: > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200804/7.0-STABLE-200804-amd64-livefs.iso > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200804/7.0-STABLE-200804-i386-livefs.iso > > dmesg should show some ATA stuff at the end, assuming you're familiar > with FreeBSD's kernel output. Something like this, assuming the > physical disks are detected: > > ad4: 190782MB at ata2-master SATA150 > ad6: 476940MB at ata3-master SATA300 > ad8: 476940MB at ata4-master SATA300 > ad10: 476940MB at ata5-master SATA300 > > You'll need to work backwards to figure out what is connected to what, > e.g.: > > $ dmesg | grep ata2 > ata2: on atapci1 > ata2: [ITHREAD] > ad4: 190782MB at ata2-master SATA150 > > $ dmesg | grep atapci1 > atapci1: port > 0x30e8-0x30ef,0x30dc-0x30df,0x30e0-0x30e7,0x30d8-0x30db,0x30b0-0x30bf mem > 0xe8600400-0xe86007ff irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0 > atapci1: [ITHREAD] > atapci1: AHCI Version 01.10 controller with 4 ports detected > ata2: on atapci1 > ata3: on atapci1 > ata4: on atapci1 > ata5: on atapci1 > > Otherwise, if none of this works, you'll need to somehow provide the > full output of "pciconf -lv", which will be many screen fulls of data. > You'll probably have to pipe it through "more", take a shot, hit > spacebar, take another shot, etc... > > Please post URLs to the photos, rather than attaching them. The mailing > list software does not take kindly to large attachments. > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > >