From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 21 06:21:00 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 0677E16A54F for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 06:21:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.r.caley.org.uk (82-41-211-19.cable.ubr12.edin.blueyonder.co.uk [82.41.211.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 475CD43D2F for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 06:20:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rjc@caley.org.uk) Received: from pele.r.caley.org.uk (pele.r.caley.org.uk [10.0.0.12]) by mail.r.caley.org.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i4LDKh32033854; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:20:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rjc@caley.org.uk) Received: from pele.r.caley.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pele.r.caley.org.uk (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4LDKgSm027014; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:20:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rjc@pele.r.caley.org.uk) Received: (from rjc@localhost) by pele.r.caley.org.uk (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id i4LDKgMV027013; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:20:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rjc) Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 14:20:42 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <200405211320.i4LDKgMV027013@pele.r.caley.org.uk> From: Richard Caley To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu In-Reply-To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu's message of Fri, 21 May 2004 14:09:27 +0300 References: <20040521140927.10924c7a@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> X-Dragon: Smaug Organisation: Interactive Information Ltd. cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.{8,9,10} Install ad0 READ command error 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: Fri, 21 May 2004 13:21:00 -0000 > > The motherboard is an ASRock KS41 > > Chipset: SIS 741 + SIS 963L > > Athalon 2400+ > HDD model and firmware version would be useful. The HDD is a maxtor 6Y080P0 The BIOS is AMI and identifies itself as K7S41 P1.10. As a matter of interest, I have had a very similar problem on a mini-PC which I had put down to a hardware fault, but maybe there is a new(ish) motherboard chipset out there which 4.X can't cope with but 5.X can? If it is of any relevance/use, 4.5-RELEASE does manage to boot as far as the installer, and locks up on Probing Devices. The only symptom under 5.2 is the disk geometry warning at the start of partitioning which I have recieded in more or less every FBSD installation for the past couple of years. Someone really should rewrite that, since it seems impossible not to get it, and doesn't actually seem to indicate a problem. -- rjc@interactive.co.uk _O_ |<