From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 24 3:32:21 2002 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 2EB3A37B401 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 03:32:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E950243E6E for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 03:32:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAOBW9Qf020459 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:32:09 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAOBW4St020458 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:32:04 GMT Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:32:04 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serious problem installing freebsd into a... Message-ID: <20021124113204.GA19837@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200211232359.10680.toomany@toomany.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200211232359.10680.toomany@toomany.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_01_02, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 11:59:10PM +0100, TooManySecrets wrote: > I've a SIS 648 MAX motherboard, whit the SIS648 driver, a Seagate 80Gb 7200 > rpm hard drive, Creative nvidia Ti4400 and a Pentium 4 2'4Mhz with 533 fsb. > Well, when I try to install freebsd in it, I obtain this message: > > ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting > ata0: resetting devices... In the hardware notes at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.7R/relnotes-i386.html it states that the following SiS chipsets are known to work: SiS 530, 540, 620 SiS 630, 633, 635, 645, 730, 733, 735, 740, 745, 750 SiS 5591 ATA100 which doesn't mention your particular model. Normally since a very similar one is mentioned there would be a reasonable chance yours would work too. However, it seems that other people are having the same problem you are --- http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=aodat1%242q1p%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain and there is no mention of 'SiS 648' in the 4-STABLE kernel sources as of yesterday, so I think you've unfortunately bought an unsupported motherboard. Try asking your vendor if they will swap it for an alternative model --- I think the Asus P4B533 is supported, and that looks compatible with the rest of your components. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message