From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 25 11:37:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD03916A4CE for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:37:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7189B43D2F for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:37:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6490472DC7; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:37:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6241572DBF; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:37:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:37:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: "Paul R. Yaskowski" In-Reply-To: <20040122205958.AEDD243D1D@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: <20040125113645.H81485@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20040122205958.AEDD243D1D@mx1.FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2-R Installation Issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 19:37:23 -0000 On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Paul R. Yaskowski wrote: > My apologies if this is the wrong list. > > I've been having a long-standing issue installing 5.x onto a Dell PowerEdge > 600SC. As far as I can tell, my issue specifically relates to PR 54549, > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=54549. > > 5.0-R and 5.1-R always paniced booting the first time off of the CD-ROM. > 5.2-R gets much further, but I still have some issues. The problem seems to > originate with the ATA controller, a ServerWorks CSB6 controller. I'm > getting the following kernel messages while booting the first time before > installation. Unfortunately the system doesn't respond to keystrokes > quickly, so these have been written down: > > -- > ata2-master: timeout sending command=ef > error issueing PIO command > error issuing ATA PACKET command > ata2-master: timeout sending command=a0 What happens if you boot without ACPI? I was about to suggest removing the cdrom drive, but you kinda need that. :) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org