From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 17 14:56:32 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 AF17716A4CE for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:56:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from frontend1.messagingengine.com (frontend1.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3384E43D31 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:56:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nkinkade@fastmail.fm) X-Sasl-enc: f+VLS7orszsup4GsWsz75A 1095432989 Received: from gentoo-npk.bmp.ub (unknown [206.27.244.136]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E3C4C1559D; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:56:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from nkinkade by gentoo-npk.bmp.ub with local (Exim 4.21) id 1C8K8G-0000r1-Ua; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:54:40 -0600 Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:54:40 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade To: RYAN vAN GINNEKEN Message-ID: <20040917145440.GI17021@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> Mail-Followup-To: RYAN vAN GINNEKEN , FreeBSD Questions References: <414A27EF.4060502@computerking.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TA4f0niHM6tHt3xR" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <414A27EF.4060502@computerking.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: ata1-slave: ATA identify retries exceeded X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Nathan Kinkade List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:56:32 -0000 --TA4f0niHM6tHt3xR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 05:55:27PM -0600, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote: > Keep getting this error in my dmesg >=20 > ata1-slave: ATA identify retries exceeded >=20 > this is for my cdrom drive and it is not working can someone give me=20 > some hints on how to trouble shoot. The jumpers are set right and i=20 > have replace the cable but still get the error. Here is the intire=20 > dmseg dump > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 FreeBSD is at least seeing both controllers. > ata1-slave: ATA identify retries exceeded > ad0: 4120MB [8930/15/63] at ata0-master UDMA33 > ad2: 3832MB [8306/15/63] at ata1-master UDMA33 How sure are you that the CDROM device is good? Have you tried it in a different machine? One thing to do would be to take that Quantum drive off the secondary controller and try the CDROM device alone on that channel as the master device. An incorrect cable or device setting might affect the CDROM. If that fails try the CDROM as the slave device on the primary channel. Test various combinations that will allow you to be certain that the problem is not the controller, cable, or a faulty device sharing the channel. If you get the same error no matter the configuration, then it's likely that the CDROM device is defective in some way. One other possibilty would be to boot the machine to a LiveCD such as Knoppix and see if that OS has a problem identifying the CDROM device. If so, then there may be a problem in the interaction between the FreeBSD driver and your particular device and/or hardware. My guess, though, is that there may be something wrong with the CDROM device itself. Good luck ... Nathan --=20 PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dget&search=3D0xD8527E49 --TA4f0niHM6tHt3xR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBSvqwO0ZIEthSfkkRApYAAKCeytUQge3vqvwuXAF+J82aSYXQUgCdF7W4 A7lNymPa6Wah5JkvbBygPwY= =DyLS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TA4f0niHM6tHt3xR--