Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 21:55:28 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: Mark Hughes <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Read command timeout Message-ID: <20010513.21552800@bartequi.ottodomain.org> References: <04cc01c0dbe9$29723f70$0200a8c0@mark2>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 5/13/01, 10:13:22 PM, "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> wrote regard=
ing
Read command timeout:
> Hello all,
> After trial and error, I have managed to get freebsd to install (see
"Panic on Install -
> page fault syncing discs"), however on the first boot at the end of th=
e
boot sequence I
> get:
> ad0: read command timeout
> ata0: resetting devices .. done
> ad0: WRITE command timeout
> ata0: resetting devices .. done
> ad0: read command timeout
> ata0: resetting devices .. done
> looping for ages, eventually ending in a
> /: bad dir ino 12611
> and a panic which I didn't catch before it reset the system. Now it wo=
n't
boot at all, the
> whole file system has been screwed it seems.
> I'm attempting to install 4.1-Release. My system is detailed below.
<snip>
> System spec:
> Biostar M7MIA motherboard, using AMD761 north bridge and VIA 686B sout=
h
> bridge ^^^^^^^^^^^^^=
^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^=
^
IIRC, another person has met with difficulties with the VIA south bridge=
recently (and NO installation) -- it was an ASUS AM7266 mobo, "featuring=
"
the same south bridge. Actually, the problems seem to be connected with
IDE disks; AFAIR, SCSI disks work correctly.
AFAIK, there are no solutions (yet), but I would be happy if I were wron=
g
(erm, I've got IDE HDs & I'd very much like to get the ASUS mobo) :-))
> 128MB Crucial 2.5CAS DDR PC2100 memory
> AMD Duron 750MHz CPU
> IBM Deskstar 6.5GB ATA33 Hard Disk Drive (partitioned as 4.5GB FAT32
> Win2K, rest FreeBSD)^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Best regards,
Salvo
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