From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 24 17:24:36 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F0BD16A417 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:24:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (mail.dignus.com [209.42.196.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A980B13C48D for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:24:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.1.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l9OGtRQr088223; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:55:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.11.6/8.11.3) id l9OGvDQ24696; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:57:13 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rivers) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:57:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <200710241657.l9OGvDQ24696@lakes.dignus.com> To: lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org, rivers@dignus.com In-Reply-To: <1193147079.2973.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on office.dignus.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install on new INTEL motherboard, can't find ATA devices 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, 24 Oct 2007 17:24:36 -0000 > > On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 15:13 -0400, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > I just got a new INTEL motherboard - chock full of these new-fangled > > SATA connectors... and one "legacy" ATA connector. I moved a disk > > drive from an older box to this new one.. > > > > The machine can boot from the disk drive, but then after the kernel > > is up-and-running - it can't find the drive to mount the root file > > system. > > Can you paste your complete /var/run/dmesg.boot from the boot kernel? > Did you try a 7-PRERELEASE snapshot? Are there any modes to toggle in > the BIOS? > > ~BAS > Hi Brian, Thanks for your response... Just to fill in some more details, this is an Intel DG33BU, part of the Intel "Classic Series". I can't paste a /var/run/dmesg.boot - because, I don't have one, I'm trying to do an install... It seems to be that the BIOS treats the ATA drives as C and D; but after the kernel starts (after the boot) FreeBSD can't find them. It does find the SATA drives. I couldn't find anything in the BIOS regarding the drives except to treat the SATA drives as "legacy" or not (whatever that means...) - Thanks! - - Dave Rivers - -- Work: (919) 676-0847 Get your mainframe programming tools at http://www.dignus.com