From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 11:00:52 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 08E5916A4CE for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 11:00:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lexus.isprime.com (lexus.isprime.com [66.230.130.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC68843D31 for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 11:00:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sk@isprime.com) Received: by lexus.isprime.com (Postfix, from userid 1010) id AE22839E911; Thu, 27 May 2004 13:59:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lexus.isprime.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC29B39E872; Thu, 27 May 2004 13:59:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 13:59:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Kupferschmidt To: Paul Brownsea In-Reply-To: <200405271852.30472.paul.brownsea@virgin.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problems 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 18:00:52 -0000 Hello, The problem is your motherboard has a junk ide controller that FreeBSD does not support DMA on properly. If you disable DMA in the BIOS, FreeBSD will boot and install properly. Sincerely, Scott Kupferschmidt ISPrime, Inc. 866.502.4678 ext. 3 AIM: Scott ISPrime - ICQ: 174337249 On Thu, 27 May 2004, Paul Brownsea wrote: > I thought I'd give FreeBSD a go after enjoying using Linux, so I downloaded > and burnt the FreeBSD 4.9 ISO images and I can't seem to install. I get > past the bit with configuring the kernel but get stuck just afterwards, the > last two messages are as follows: > > ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. > > And then it just hangs. > > -- > "Plaese porrf raed." > -- Prof. Michael O'Longhlin, S.U.N.Y. Purchase > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >