Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:29:36 -0700 From: "Mark Maddox" <MMaddox@TMCDesign.com> To: "Boris Samorodov" <bsam@ipt.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem Message-ID: <CE568152976C2A4BADD08770B6360E8A01D7880A@tmcsvr.tmcdesign.local>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Boris Samorodov [mailto:bsam@ipt.ru] > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:21 AM > To: Mark Maddox > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem >=20 > On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:00:30 -0700 Mark Maddox wrote: > > > On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:02:14 -0700 Mark Maddox wrote: > > > > > > > The cable is fine; I installed windows on the drive in the machine > > that is having problems, just to see if it would work. I'm still > > > > trying > > to get FreeBSD 6.1 up > > > > > > > "Mark Maddox" <MMaddox@TMCDesign.com> writes: > > > > > > > > I have an onboard Intel ICH7-M SATA controller with an SATA hard > > drive and cdrom connected to it. I am unable to install FreeBSD onto > > the harddrive. > > > > > > > > > > According to the FreeBSD website ICH7 has been supported since > > version 6.0 > > > > > I have tried putting the controller in Legacy Mode and tried > > turning turned DMA off in on boot. I have tested both of my SATA > > > > > ports on > > the motherboard to make sure they both work with an alternate > > operating system (Windows) and they both worked. > > > > > > > > > > I have also installed the harddrive in another computer and > > installed FreeBSD on it successfully and then (after testing it and > > > > > booting successfully on that computer) put it in the machine I > > > > > am having > > the problems with only to have it start booting and then error out > > with harddrive errors. > > > > > > > > > > During boot I get this error: > > > > > ad0: FAILURE -READ_DMA48 status=3Dff<BUSY, > > > > > READY,DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECTABLE,INDEX,ERROR> error=3D0 > > LBA=3D390721967 > > > > > > > > > > During install the error I get is Error mounting /mnt/dev/ad0s1e > > on /mnt/tmp : Input/output error > > > > > > > > > > ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=3Dff<BUSY,READY, > > > > > DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECTABLE,INDEX,ERROR> error=3D0 = LBA=3D9303631 > > > > > > > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > > > > Sounds like controller problems. I'd start by replacing the SATA > > cable. > > > Windows throws those messages away. And you understand it when the > > > data got lost. >=20 > > I just tried a new cable and I get the same errors. >=20 > > Windows worked fine on the machine, but I cannot use Windows for my > > application. >=20 > Do you have any check utility for your harddrive? > Can you try the latest FreeBSD iso installation CD (seems it's a > BETA-3 now)? Not for a production use but at least to test. >=20 I have tried both the 6.1 release and the 6.2 BETA3. Both get the same errors. =20 I have not used any hard drive check utilities on the drive but I did put the hard drive with the same SATA cable attached to it in a computer with an ICH6 controller and 6.1 installed just fine.=20 Then after booting up and making sure everything worked I moved the hard drive back to the computer with the ICH7 controller and I got the same errors during boot and boot failed. Any ideas? Thanks, Mark
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