From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 22 19:24:12 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5996216A41A for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:24:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (mail.dignus.com [209.42.196.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFD8913C48E for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:24:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.1.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l9MJBPXQ073923 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:11:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.11.6/8.11.3) id l9MJD0414564 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:13:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rivers) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:13:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <200710221913.l9MJD0414564@lakes.dignus.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on office.dignus.com Subject: Install on new INTEL motherboard, can't find ATA devices X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:24:12 -0000 I just got a new INTEL motherboard - chock full of these new-fangled SATA connectors... and one "legacy" ATA connector. I moved a disk drive from an older box to this new one.. The machine can boot from the disk drive, but then after the kernel is up-and-running - it can't find the drive to mount the root file system. It seems this board has 8 SATA connectors; so I'm guessing that they comprise the first 8 "drives".. and the older ATA line is the 9th (or more.) So - I ran out to the store and bought a SATA drive.... Sure enough, if I plug it into the proper SATA connector - it shows up as drive ad0. "Phew" - I think.. I can do a clean install and just be done with this. But - after the kernel boots (the 6.2-RELEASE install CD), and I start to install things.. it wants to pick a media... and, I pick "CD/DVD"... FreeBSD promptly tells me it can't find any CD (which is on the "legacy" ATA line.) I'm sure this has got to be something that is "known" - but I can't seem to find my answer with a web-search... Any pointers??? - Thanks - - Dave Rivers - -- Work: (919) 676-0847 Get your mainframe programming tools at http://www.dignus.com