From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 17 17:05:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 90F5C16A4DF for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:05:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com (dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com [68.99.120.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A110A43D88 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:05:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dukecmmtao03 ([172.18.22.59]) by dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with SMTP id <20060817170509.UVIC21564.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03> for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:05:09 -0400 X-Mailer: Openwave WebEngine, version 2.8.16 (webedge20-101-1106-20040809) From: Vizion Organization: vizion Communications To: Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:05:08 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20060817170509.UVIC21564.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03> Subject: Re: Sata/IDE drive recognition problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:05:27 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Vizion > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:33 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Sata/IDE drive recognition problem > > > Hi > > While preparing to move a system from i386 to amd > architecture The existing system is dual booting i386 for 5.4 > stable and 6.0. My plan is to remove both systems, preserve > my data and reinstall 6.1 amd from cd. > > The motherboard is a FA-K8N51GMF-9 with 3 hard drives > installed. 2xSata and 1xIDE. > > Freebsd 5.4 > #df sees > /dev/ad4s1a > devfs, > /dev/ad4s1e > /dev/ad4s1f > /dev/ad6s1d > /dev/ad6s1e > linprocfs > > Freebsd 6.0 > #df sees > /dev/ad0s1a > devfs > /dev/ad0s1e > /dev/ad01f > /dev/ad0s1d > /dev/ad4s1a > /dev/ad4s1f > /dev/ad6s1d > devfs > > The CD installer select drives interface for 6.1 RELEASE > amd64 recognizes > ad0 and > ad4 > but not ad6. > > For installing 6.1 amd I will need the installer to see all > physical devices and existing partitions. > > The Bios CMOS features show > IDE Channel 0 Master WDC WD2000JB > IDE Channel 0 Slave Lite-on CD-RW > IDE Channel 2 Master ST3160827AS > IDE Channel 3 Master WDC WD2000JD > The Advanced Bios features show > First boot device CDROM > Second Boot Device Hard Disk > Third boot Device Hard Disk > > The Hard disk boot priority sequence options show: > Ch0 > Ch2 > Ch3 > root > shutdown -r > > /var/log/messages shows > ad0 WDC WD2000JB at ata0-master UDMA33 > acd0 Lite-on at ata0-slave USMA33 > ad4 ST3160827AS at ata2-master UDMA33 > ad6 WDC WD2000JD at ata3-master UDMA33 > > How do I get the installer select drives interface to recognize ad6? > > Thanks in advance > > david > Following my previous posting I have now suvvessfully built amd64 on /dev/ad0 but not yet mounted ad4 or ad6. While ad4 is "seen" according to /var/log/messages the new build does not "see" ad6 .. does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? Somer help would be apprecaited Thanks