From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 2 02:46:55 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 EBF931065675 for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 02:46:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shaun.bsd@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46D7A8FC14 for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 02:46:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shaun.bsd@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 13so1928102fge.35 for ; Thu, 01 May 2008 19:46:53 -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=/UjImd8ZXaN+tKz32vjP8TNXyE9N913oieK+ZP9X0YQ=; b=Qh+wnXfVAe8EGTKrX091nNLlkpIJLcAuKxljUZzn1pBUKzrSoxzpiYlKzh7wD5/Kxyfex06NbjfwLAiSzSYljorvfrKXfLiF4BiXzVBVMvAvL+3sOzUDYtVs4sFSmDWeh4WmQqSewfNmMq1sU6E6hTvtH2h4mZ+d2lk+dbnLb+Y= 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=xpTnhrhleBu4IQNYujCWJMZOm/vpamoF0MP6tDzFL8FarwZu8wUJpRmXHnSn4BzeHSXnKsABnkAoxuIdXvsB/JQJBV4skbirfwSBZ+HcNjemYwBJelnNAEqOc47XYdmmdSdw/MULkX4fk6RrMpFj8uFKXJsrQy70EGents5PAVs= Received: by 10.78.124.7 with SMTP id w7mr808837huc.60.1209696413725; Thu, 01 May 2008 19:46:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.180.19 with HTTP; Thu, 1 May 2008 19:46:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 22:46:53 -0400 From: "Shaun Sabo" To: "Jeremy Chadwick" In-Reply-To: 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 02:46:56 -0000 i tried both the 7-stable and 7.0-RELEASE livefs disks and when i went into fixit then to CD/DVD livefs it would ask me for the livefs cd (which i had in the drive and which i booted from) it looks like i cant even mount the image of the livefs disk from the cd-rom drive. also iv noticed that when i reboot after booting into the sysinstaller the bios gets about 2/3 of the way booted and stops and i have to hold the power and reboot to get back into opensuse/vista. On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Shaun Sabo wrote: > 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 | > > > > >