From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 8 16:38:44 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 78FF116A602 for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:38:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from mail.ipt.ru (mail.ipt.ru [80.253.10.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4D6143D49 for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:38:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from stat.sem.ipt.ru ([192.168.12.1] helo=ipt.ru) by mail.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GhqRQ-000JGe-I0; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:38:20 +0300 Received: from bsam by ipt.ru with local (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GhqRX-000Cf5-J8; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:38:27 +0300 To: "Mark Maddox" References: From: Boris Samorodov Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:38:27 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Mark Maddox's message of "Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:29:36 -0700") Message-ID: <26053660@srv.sem.ipt.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation 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: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:38:44 -0000 On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:29:36 -0700 Mark Maddox wrote: > > 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" 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=ff > > > > > READY,DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECTABLE,INDEX,ERROR> error=0 > > > LBA=390721967 > > > > > > > > > > > > During install the error I get is Error mounting > /mnt/dev/ad0s1e > > > on /mnt/tmp : Input/output error > > > > > > > > > > > > ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=ff > > > > > DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECTABLE,INDEX,ERROR> error=0 LBA=9303631 > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > I just tried a new cable and I get the same errors. > > > > > Windows worked fine on the machine, but I cannot use Windows for my > > > application. > > > > 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. > > > I have tried both the 6.1 release and the 6.2 BETA3. Both get the same > errors. > 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. > 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? Only one. Open a PR, write all that info. BTW, if FreeBSD live CD can be executed with verbose dmesg, it may help. I think this PR have a good chances to be closed since there is a pre-release cycle now and ich7 controller is widely used. Sorry for not being very helpful. :-( WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve