Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 16:48:33 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Mike Jeays" <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: DMA errors Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEKDFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <1130628460.690.7.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca>
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Try a different disk drive. What motherboard is in use here? Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Mike Jeays >Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 4:28 PM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: DMA errors > > >I have a 40GB Maxtor D740X-6L disk, and have been unable to install 5.4 >or 6.0 on it. I get errors: > >ad0: FAILURE WRITE_DMA STATUS=51 <READY,DSC,ERROR> error=84 (IRC, >ABORTED) LBA=.. > >as soon as I try to commmit the changes in sysinstall. > >I have checked that the IDE cable is the 80-wire type, and cleaned up >the connections and so on. > >I tried installing Ubuntu on this disk, and everything went perfectly. >(Those guys have done a really great job, by the way). > >Is there some configuration trick I have missed? > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.6/151 - Release Date: >10/28/2005 >
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