From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Aug 12 21:55: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from web108.yahoomail.com (web108.yahoomail.com [205.180.60.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9EFA937B509 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2000 21:55:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chrisdempsey@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 187 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Aug 2000 04:55:01 -0000 Message-ID: <20000813045501.186.qmail@web108.yahoomail.com> Received: from [172.130.229.180] by web108.yahoomail.com; Sat, 12 Aug 2000 21:55:01 PDT Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 21:55:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Dempsey Subject: Install crash/HDD Controller Error? To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Version 4.0 (WC CD-ROM Distribution) installation crashes after the "final warning." See http://people.FreeBSD.org/~rpratt/40/warning.html. Proceeds to the next screen, attempting to create root, and freezes. By switching to the ALT-F2 console, I can see the following text: DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for root filesystem DEBUG: Scanning desk ad0 for swap partitions DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for root filesystem DEBUG: Scanning desk ad0 for swap partitions /dev/rad0s1a: 102400 sectors in 25 cylinders of 1 tracks, 4096 sectors 50.0MB in 2 cyl groups ad0: WRITE command timeout - resetting ata0 resetting devices..done ad0: WRITE command timeout - resetting ata0 resetting devices..done ad0: WRITE command timeout - resetting ata0 resetting devices..done I believe it is a HDD controller problem. I have tried both the ATAPI/IDE controllers on 14, 15, and both. Have a primary master IDE 12G WesternDig HD and a secondary master ATAPI CDROM. Ideas? Thanks, Chris Dempsey __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message