From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 15 16:28:27 2003 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 962AB37B401 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 16:28:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web80602.mail.yahoo.com (web80602.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.79.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2C4CE43FBD for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 16:28:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oz16oz2@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030815232827.73396.qmail@web80602.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.130.110.128] by web80602.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 16:28:27 PDT Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 16:28:27 -0700 (PDT) From: OZ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Tech Help? 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, 15 Aug 2003 23:28:27 -0000 Hi, I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, and am trying to set it up to dual boot from a Primary Slave hard drive on an HP Pavilion 716n. Having nothing but troubles. I've done the Google searches, and I've spent as much time as I can afford scouring the help sites, but can't find any answers. If this is not the right forum for this question, please let me know where I can find some help. My Primary Master is Windows XP (on a Seagate, 80GB), I'm trying to set up the Primary Slave as FreeBSD 4.8 Release (on a Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8, 30GB). When I go through the boot sequence for FreeBSD, it gets stuck at: ad1: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: resetting devices .. Just hangs there indefinitely. I found one solution through a Google search that suggested disabling the DMA in the BIOS. However, on the HP Pavilion, I can't do that -- it won't allow me to disable the DMA in the BIOS. What can I do? This is a fairly urgent issue, and I'm out of ideas. Please help. Thanks in advance! (I posted the message above (wrongly) to the Newbies list, and it was suggested that I simply install 5.1. However, my developer chose FreeBSD 4.8 for a business sytem he created for it which we're attempting to replicate on a different system -- I'm not sure if I can use 5.1, since it's a new release and may not be compatible (I'm checking to see). So... if it's suggested that I NOT use 5.1, are there any suggestions for version 4.8? Thanks in advance!) OZ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com