From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 1 05:16:59 2005 Return-Path: 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 C805E16A6A2 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 05:16:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxsf10.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf10.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2730843D54 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 05:16:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from seawise@charter.net) Received: from mxip03.cluster1.charter.net (mxip03a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.133])j315Gvxb003232 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 00:16:57 -0500 Received: from 68.189.211.128.ts46v-05.otnb1.ftwrth.tx.charter.com (HELO [10.10.10.7]) (68.189.211.128) by mxip03.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 01 Apr 2005 00:16:56 -0500 X-Ironport-AV: i="3.91,139,1110171600"; d="scan'208"; a="815336023:sNHT13189476" From: matthew To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1112332613.2719.3.camel@domingo> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2.ydl.1) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:16:54 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Disk access problem with 5.3 install from CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 05:17:00 -0000 Disk access problem with 5.3 install from CD John.Dutcher at excellus.com John.Dutcher at excellus.com Thu Feb 3 07:37:03 PST 2005 * Previous message: questions about extra logging * Next message: /dev/ttyd0 as an Input Device Works on some Systems but not others. * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ________________________________________________________________________ I have noted success stories from some who have installed FreeBSD on Compaq Laptops similar to mine: Compaq Armada 7400, 6.2 gig drive, 128 mb RAM. I purchased the 5.3 (2) CD, (1) DVD set and have tried multiple times to use CD 1 to install. All attempts fail after providing these message: 1) Early in the process: "ad0: Failure Read_DMA timed out" (this msg is repeated 3-4 times) I select a standard install, giving the entire drive to FreeBSD No MBR needed...don't want to accomodate other OS's 2) Soon I get; "Writing partition information to drive ad0" followed by: "Error Unable to write data to disk ad0" and then: "Couldn't make filesystem properly, aborting" Responding to some other user sites, I tried doing a boot from my Win backup rescue boot disk and ran FDISK to apply a single DOS partition as I had read that this might help.....didn't seem to. Results as before. Any ideas available as to what I might try next ?? I have experienced the same error as above, but have not been able to find a resolution. I am able to load gentoo, xandros, ubuntu and several versions of windows on the same drive, but am not able toload FreeBSD.. FreeBSD is what i want to load. Did you find a solution to this problem? What was it? Any assitance would be nice. thanks.