Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 18:23:51 +0200 From: "Andreas Hofer" <ho@dsa-ac.de> To: "'David Larkin'" <David.Larkin@djl.co.uk> Cc: "Liste freebsd-questions (E-Mail)" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: AW: No disk found ! Hitachi DK23AA-90 Message-ID: <012301c0ef6e$3ddb5800$12191dac@PCHO2> In-Reply-To: <3B1E3AC6.4CAA45A3@DJL.co.uk>
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David, I am experiencing the same kind of problem with release 4.1 and 4.2 boot disks. From the kernel messages I derive that the IDE controller (Acer Labs PCI chipset) is not recognised by the ata driver. I the built (on another machine) a customized kernel with the old wd driver and copied it over to the install disk. Since you had no problem with 2.2.8, this could also be the way to go for you? Though, I do not understand why the installation kernel doesn't use wd right away. This could save some people a lot of trouble. Somebody responsible for the boot floppies should decide to switch back to the 100% reliable wd driver. Andreas > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]Im Auftrag von > David Larkin > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Juni 2001 16:15 > An: questions@freebsd.org; hardware@freebsd.org; dirkx@covalent.net; > david.larkin@DJL.co.uk > Betreff: Re: No disk found ! Hitachi DK23AA-90 > > > Hi, > Following up from my query of last week. > > I'm trying to boot my laptop from 4.3 floppies. > I've been rumnning 2.2.8 on the same machine for over 2 years. > I'm now tryiing to install 4.3 on a new hard disk. > > When I get to the 'disk partitioning' page it says > > No disk found ! Please verify that your disk controller is > being properly > probed at boot time. See the hardware guide on the Documentation Menu > > I tried booting from 4.3 floppies but with the disk on which I have > 2.2.8 installed. The intention being to abort installation before > formatting the disk. > Again, it tells me 'No Disks found', and this disk happilly > boots 2.2.8 > without using boot floppies. > > I then blew the dust of an old floppy labelled PAO 2.2.8 and booted > that with the new disk and this worked, allowing me to set > disk partitions. > > Clearly I have no intention of installing 2.2.8, but I think > this indicates > that > the hardware is OK. > > boot -s reports ... > > isa0:<ISA bus> on isab0 > atapci0:<Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> port 0xfcd0-0xfcdf at > device 3.1 on > pci0 > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > uhci0 ..... etc. > > further down it reports .... > > pccard: card inserted, slot 1 > ata0-master: ata_command: timeout waiting for intr > ata0-master: identity failed > > Can anyone suggest a way forward ? > > Is it the 4.3 floppies ? > > Can I get 4.2 floppies ? > > When will 4.4 be coming out ? > > Thanks > Dave > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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