Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:04:04 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: DMA errors Message-ID: <1130641444.690.13.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEKDFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEKDFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 19:48, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > 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 > > It works on at least one other disk, a Western Digital 80GB. The motherboard is as Asus P4S533.
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