From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 26 01:37:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 47D9016A41C for ; Thu, 26 May 2005 01:37:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keyser456@verizon.net) Received: from vms040pub.verizon.net (vms040pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B3D343D49 for ; Thu, 26 May 2005 01:37:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keyser456@verizon.net) Received: from mccoy ([4.35.112.96]) by vms040.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IH20011OPTVJ3U0@vms040.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 25 May 2005 20:37:08 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 18:37:07 -0700 From: "Richard McCoy" To: Message-id: <0IH20011SPTWJ3U0@vms040.mailsrvcs.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Thread-index: AcVhkwziVy30XnPMR7Wg3Z9w97QcLA== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: READ_DMA errors preventing installation 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: Thu, 26 May 2005 01:37:09 -0000 Hey everyone. I'm trying to start my fbsd experience and things aren't going so hot. I spent the entire day trying to get this to work, but to no avail: I tried two different fbsd versions (5.4 and 4.11), two different mobos (gigabyte ga-7n400 pro2, and another gigabyte mobo for amd-64, I don't know the model #), as well as three (!!!) different Maxtor IDE hard drives (60, 80, and 100 gb). The cds boot fine, but after I partition the hd (tried manual and auto settings) choose my packages and try to install, I immediately get an error, something to the effect of: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 error=40 I know at least the 100 gb hd is working great, and I suspect both the others are working properly. The only thing I can think of is it's a conflict with something on these Gigabyte mobos, like the ide controller, but I can't find anything that pans out into a solution anywhere on google. Is there a BIOS setting I need to enable/disable or what's the deal? FWIW I can't get any versions of Linux to work either (tried Red Hat 9.0 and Slackware umm. 10.1 I think, all with similar errors), but Windows XP works on both mobo setups. Any suggestions? Thanks.