From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 3 8: 5:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.netzone.net.pk (ns1.netzone.net.pk [64.110.83.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24D5837B71E for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2001 06:05:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from assadk@netzone.net.pk) Received: from ns1.netzone.net.pk (ns1.netzone.net.pk [64.110.83.5]) by ns1.netzone.net.pk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA09907 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2001 19:12:34 +0500 Message-Id: <200103031412.TAA09907@ns1.netzone.net.pk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: assadk@netzone.net.pk X-Originating-Ip: 64.110.83.79 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Note: Latest version at http://EmuMail.com Reply-To: assadk@netzone.net.pk Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 14:08:23 +5 GMT X-Mailer: EMUmail 3.1_XX Subject: HDD Error -- Please Help Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Everyone, I installed FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE on an AMD P5C 133 MHz with 32 MB of RAM and a 4GB Approx HDD. The name of the HDD, as the kernel detects at the time of startup is as follows: ad0: 3832 < Quantum Bigfoot TX4.0AT > FreeBSD is having problems mounting it, it spews forth the following messages before finally mounting it: ad0: READ command timeout - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: READ command timeout - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: READ command timeout - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: READ command timeout - resetting ata0-master: WARNING: WAIT_READY active=ATA_ACTIVE_ATA. ad0: trying fallback to PIO mode ata0: resetting devices .. done After the above sessing of hit and miss it finally boots. Its not a fatal error but it takes a couple of minutes and thats annoying. If anyone knows how to fix this, I will be pleased to know how. I installed the same version of FreeBSD on an IBM HDD with a capacity of 10.1 GB with a speed of 7200 RPM and nothing like this happens. Thanks in Advance! Best Regards, Assad Khan. --------------------------------------------------------- This message sent using EMUmail -- http://www.emumail.com --------------------------------------------------------- Jumping through hoops to get E-mail on the road? You've got two choices: Join the circus, or use MollyMail. Molly Mail -- http://www.mollymail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message