From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 10:46:23 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 9BC6416A4CF for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 10:46:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EF7843D1F for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 10:46:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fj@panix.com) Received: from panix5.panix.com (panix5.panix.com [166.84.1.5]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7096448723; Thu, 27 May 2004 13:45:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from fj@localhost) by panix5.panix.com (8.11.6p2-a/8.8.8/PanixN1.1) id i4RHjIO27412; Thu, 27 May 2004 13:45:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 13:45:18 -0400 From: Joe Altman To: Robert Downes Message-ID: <20040527174518.GA24908@panix.com> Mail-Followup-To: Joe Altman , Robert Downes , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <40B6135B.6070006@lineone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40B6135B.6070006@lineone.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install hangs with Toshiba 2.5" drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 17:46:23 -0000 On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 05:12:11PM +0100, Robert Downes wrote: > Running FreeBSD 5.0 installer, I see a few messages along the lines of > "configured IRQ 3 is not in bitmap of irqs" and then the following pair > of lines: Sounds familiar. > ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. Uh-huh. > And then the system seems to jam, the drive light still on, and no > further progress is made even after several minutes. Yep. > Does anyone know what would cause this? Nope; I can't figure it out either. My craptop is a Gagway, and throws all kinds of erroror messages, depending on the version of FBSD I use. Oddly, Fedora and NetBSD install just fine on the Gagway. X works with both, smooth as silk. Sound under Fedora; never tried it with NetBSD. > The version of FreeBSD I'm trying to install is 5.0. Would creating > a newer install CD solve this problem? I would go to a newer 5.x, if nothing else. I did notice that the error messages decreased in a later 5.x than yours. No joy; but it was a step in the right direction. > The drive I'm trying to install to is a Toshiba MK8025GAS, 2.5" notebook > drive. I've successfully installed Windows XP on it to test it, so the > drive does not seem to be the problem. > > Any ideas? Use what works, that is what I decided.