From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 20 1:28:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A79E37B401 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 01:28:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87F5343E65 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 01:28:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk ([IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8K8SEc9098482; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:28:14 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8K8S9gf098481; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:28:09 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:28:09 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Ron Andreasen Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Weird error when installing FreeBSD 4.6 Message-ID: <20020920082809.GB97223@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <20020920052204.29952.qmail@web13107.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020920052204.29952.qmail@web13107.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,DOUBLE_CAPSWORD version=2.31 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 10:22:04PM -0700, Ron Andreasen wrote: > Okay, first off here's the error: > > acd0: read data overrun 34/0 > acd0: MODE_SENSE_BIG command timeout -resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. at0: DMA limited to > UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device It's a well known bug in 4.6-RELEASE: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.6.2R/errata.html Considering the ATA problems in 4.6-RELEASE and the unfortunate crop of security vulnerabilities that were discovered just after 4.6 came out, you would be well advised to upgrade to 4.6.2-RELEASE or the upcoming 4.7-RELEASE as soon as possible. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message