From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 30 14:39:09 2004 Return-Path: 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 2AB9D16A4CE for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:39:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBF2343D64 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:39:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ippiraman@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id b11so500215rne for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:39:08 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=EURVuqmZGmRFqnfUOMp6EE7s6+rREOaoQl3+rQ/aRpBTxwLE/Ch5IU6kOgE8NsDcHeVjsqq2euS7Hq1gHVIpxF/R7BG5uZ38JW6HhNrBezJ9l/xhB6NBXoKuXZItQkiyPfpAQ7dBHyhfyIRFeoHtKV1kpNZIiIy7MAzofpeURxA= Received: by 10.38.72.38 with SMTP id u38mr489980rna; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:39:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.102.4 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:39:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:39:08 +0800 From: Irvin Piraman To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Juli=E1n_Herrera?= , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <41AC6B38.5000106@globo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <41AC6B38.5000106@globo.com> Subject: Re: Problem while installing FreeBSD 5.3 - ata0-master : FAILURE ATA IDENTIFY X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Irvin Piraman List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:39:09 -0000 This has been an open issue since 5.2.1 and still present on 5.3-RELEASE. It usually works for when I select safe mode during installation. If not try using with ACPI disabled. Once you are finished with the install you'll have to do some workaround. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.2.1R/errata.html I know the link is old, but it'll help you somehow. I don't why this issue is not listed on 5.3 errata. HTH On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:44:40 -0300, Juli=E1n Herrera wrote: > Hello 4 all, >=20 > I was starting to install FreeBSD 5.3 into 42 computers where I work as > workstations when just at first installation i've got this uncommon > problem. When kernel is finishing to load some messages like this appears= : >=20 > ata0-master : FAILURE ATA-IDENTIFY timed out >=20 > After that, the installation program doesn't find any drive or partition > to install. So, it's impossible to continue. When I tried to install > again booting with Safe option, the installation program detects the > drive but complain about its geometry, so I was in doubt to continue. > This makes me think twice too soon (my first of 42 installations) if > it's a good idea to migrate from Windows to FreeBSD here at my company, > where FreeBSD has already been servicing the network infrastructure. >=20 > The computer in question has a Soyo P4VGA-2AP1 motherboard with chipset > VIA Apollo P4M266A and HD Samsung SP0411N. >=20 > Thanks in advance, > Juli=E1n Herrera > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >