Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:44:17 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't see ATA drives with new install Message-ID: <45FDCED1.2090702@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <1fe953880703181355r2e1a98b5wd6162c00660bfa0f@mail.gmail.com> References: <1fe953880703170340l552b1fc1ge244469667a2bb3b@mail.gmail.com> <1fe953880703171553x68700a34gcb473e3d46d0c0fc@mail.gmail.com> <45FC7552.9040409@u.washington.edu> <1fe953880703171634l2ea482c3x9d26b807bcf83df6@mail.gmail.com> <45FC8680.4060502@u.washington.edu> <1fe953880703181355r2e1a98b5wd6162c00660bfa0f@mail.gmail.com>
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jlc415@gmail.com wrote: > My kernel config already includes all that. > > Just installed OpenBSD, and the other drives work just fine. I guess > that's my OS. > > Quite disappointing that FreeBSD is actually behind in terms of > hardware support, particularly for a relatively popular motherboard. > > On 3/18/07, Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> jlc415@gmail.com wrote: >> > It's an Intel DG965WH; Core 2 Duo CPU. >> > >> > On 3/17/07, Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >> jlc415@gmail.com wrote: >> >> > I've just installed 6.2/amd64 on a system with standard IDE as >> well as >> >> > SATA; I've got three drives: an old linux IDE hard drive (that I >> can't >> >> > modify), a CD/DVD drive on the IDE bus, and a new SATA drive where >> >> > I've just installed/am installing FreeBSD. >> >> > >> >> > I can boot from any of the drives: the linux install doesn't have >> the >> >> > right drivers so it's not usable, but the MB definitely sees the >> >> > drive. I can boot from the FreeBSD boot CD, as well, and that's >> what I >> >> > used to install onto the SATA drive. >> >> > >> >> > The trouble is that when I boot from the SATA drive I can't see >> either >> >> > of the other two drives. /dev contains the entries for the main SATA >> >> > drive, but nothing for anything else: no /dev/acd or /dev/cd; no >> other >> >> > hard drives; nothing. Looked through dmesg but didn't see anything >> >> > related to the cd drive, although I really don't know what I'm >> looking >> >> > for. >> >> > >> >> > I wondered whether the stock kernel maybe just didn't include the >> >> > right drivers, so added >> >> > >> >> > device atapicam >> >> > device scbus >> >> > device cd >> >> > device pass >> >> > >> >> > to GENERIC, but I still can't see the dvd drive. >> >> > >> >> > What should I be looking for? Is there more robust documentation on >> >> > dealing with ATA devices somewhere? >> >> > >> >> > Any help much appreciated. >> >> > >> >> > -mike >> >> >> >> Mike, >> >> What's your motherboard maker? >> >> -Garrett >> >> Your motherboard (and most importantly the chipset it uses) are recent, >> so 6.2 might not have hardware support quite yet.. 7-CURRENT might be >> your next best bet if the following doesn't work. >> >> Here's what I have for my kernel config though for the device drivers >> section, related to PATA/CD/DVD stuff: >> >> # ATA and ATAPI devices >> device ata >> device atadisk # ATA disk drives >> device ataraid # ATA RAID drives >> device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives >> device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives >> device atapicam >> options ATA_STATIC_ID # Static device numbering >> >> # SCSI peripherals >> device scbus # SCSI bus (required for SCSI) >> device ch # SCSI media changers >> device da # Direct Access (disks) >> device cd # CD >> device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access) >> >> Cheers, >> -Garrett Well, unfortunately that's the price you pay when you run something stable. I'm pretty sure 7-CURRENT runs it without any problems. As a sidenote, sometimes backporting through versions isn't really possible. -Garrett
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