From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 9 02:22:09 2008 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 9E0FE1065670 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 02:22:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6977A8FC0A for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 02:22:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 431A35C26; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:28:00 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <489CFF50.1040306@hdk5.net> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:22:08 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julien Cigar References: <489AF8A7.1010400@overbo.no> <20080807220127.GD43268@zaph.org> <489B90A1.5030603@hdk5.net> <1218187730.2749.2.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be> In-Reply-To: <1218187730.2749.2.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "N.J. Thomas" , "Snorre D. ?verb?" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk errors on installing FreeBSD 8.0 (solved) 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: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:22:09 -0000 Julien Cigar wrote: > Same problems for me with atapi CD/DVD drives (READ_BIG timeouts, > etc) .. it works a bit better when dma is turned off, but then > performances are very poor. > > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 14:17 -1000, Al Plant wrote: >> N.J. Thomas wrote: >>> * "Snorre D. ?verb?" [2008-08-07 15:29:11+0000]: >>>> When I boot up with the installation DVD these error messages appear >>>> on the screen. >>>> >>>> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 error=84 LBA=0055347 >>>> ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 error=84 LBA=0 >>>> etc >>> I got the same exact errors trying to install 7.0-RELEASE on two >>> different Dell boxes. One was 4 years old, the other was brand new (3 >>> months ago). >>> >>> Never was able to fix the problem. For the older one, I plugged in an >>> external DVD drive and installed via that. For the other one, I >>> installed via a mini-install disk, and then did a minimal network >>> install. >>> >>> For the record, they both had SATA drives and the disks worked (and >>> still work) fine after the OS was installed. It was just copying the >>> base system off the CD that was causing errors. >>> >>> Thomas >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> ****************************************888 >> Aloha, >> >> I am getting the same errors as you guys with an intermittient BIG_read >> one occasionally. I've tried to install FreeeBSD CURRENT 8 and 7 release. >> >> This is on a no name box with a bio board and 1100 cpu. I've had this on >> other boxes too and load IDE drives on a box that works with them and >> then put them in the box with errors and they work just fine. >> >> Every thing gets recognized normally at install time, but the size of >> the IDE drive a Fujutsu 20 gig. shows twice what it should be every time. >> >> Dont know if this has anything to do with it, except if you change the >> size in installer it wont load anything. >> >> Maybe one of the top level gurus on the list can help. >> >> >> Aloha, The suggestion to put the folloeing worked to clear my DMA error. In: /boot/loader Put: hw.ata.ata_dma=0 #disable IDE DMA This allowed an uninterrupted boot. Thanks for the suggestion. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol