From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 17 09:20:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 891FA1065671 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:20:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fabian@wenks.ch) Received: from batman.home4u.ch (6to4.home4u.ch [IPv6:2002:d908:d3e2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F33638FC13 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:20:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fabian@wenks.ch) Received: from flashback.wenks.ch (flashback.wenks.ch [62.2.85.181]) (authenticated bits=0) by batman.home4u.ch (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m7H9KaVa040266 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:20:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from fabian@wenks.ch) Message-ID: <48A7ED5A.3090705@wenks.ch> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:20:26 +0200 From: Fabian Wenk User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joseph Olatt References: <200808162040.m7GKe5Ob015598@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200808162040.m7GKe5Ob015598@freefall.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/125002: [install] amd64, SATA hard disks not detected X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:20:54 -0000 Hello Joseph On 16.08.08 22:40, Joseph Olatt wrote: > I have also encountered the same problem. The system is: > > Acer Aspire AM1640-U1401A > I installed Ubuntu 8.04.1 and here is the SATA information: > > /*** Begin transcript ***/ > [ 22.014002] scsi0 : ahci > [ 22.014087] scsi1 : ahci > [ 22.014150] scsi2 : ahci > [ 22.014186] scsi3 : ahci > [ 22.014275] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xfea7c000 port > 0xfea7c100 irq 508 > [ 22.014278] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xfea7c000 port > 0xfea7c180 irq 508 > [ 22.014280] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xfea7c000 port > 0xfea7c200 irq 508 > [ 22.014283] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xfea7c000 port > 0xfea7c280 irq 508 > [ 22.652562] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > [ 22.653166] ata1.00: ATA-7: ST3250410AS, 3.AAF, max UDMA/133 > [ 22.653171] ata1.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth > 0/32) > [ 22.653885] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 > /*** End transcript ***/ Ubuntu has detected the disks as IDE (P-ATA). If Linux does see a S-ATA disk, it would be sda (aka SCSI disk). > I was not able to find AHCI in the BIOS to enable. I did just a short general google with "Acer Aspire ahci" and found "Acer Aspire 4520 : Configuring HDD mode from SATA AHCI mode to IDE mode" [1]. According it should be in the BIOS main menu as "SATA Mode" which needs to be changed. Hopefully this is similar on your system, else you need to check in the manual of your BIOS. [1] http://www.zimbio.com/Laptop+Reviews/articles/3314/Acer+Aspire+4520+Configuring+HDD+mode+SATA Do you have 4 GB or more RAM in this system? If not I would recommend to install the 32-bit version of FreeBSD. bye Fabian