From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 14 14:01:51 2003 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 D8ECA37B40F for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 14:01:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from laibach.mweb.co.za (laibach.mweb.co.za [196.2.53.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CF2D43FAF for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 14:01:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mr_man@mweb.co.za) Received: from nld-dial-196-7-201-82.mweb.co.za ([196.7.201.82] helo=x) by laibach.mweb.co.za with smtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 19G3JC-00087Z-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 14 May 2003 22:57:07 +0200 Message-ID: <000b01c31a5b$c6f44830$52c907c4@x> From: "Brian" To: Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 22:59:55 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Subject: ad0: READ command timeout - a common problem i think 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: Wed, 14 May 2003 21:01:52 -0000 Hi When I try and boot FreeBSD 5.0 setup I get the following error: ad0: READ command timeout ata0: resetting devices Info on my hardware: Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8SG667 with SIS 648 + SIS 963 AGPSet and ATA133 Hard drive: IBM Deskstar GXP 80 gb - support ata100 - 7200 rpm Any help will be MUCH appreciated! Brian