Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:54:34 +1300 From: Simon Crosby <simon.crosby@endace.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ATA problems on Supermicro X6DHE motherboards Message-ID: <1134946474.3498.5.camel@orthos.et.endace.com>
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Hello, I have a a machine with a Supermicro X6DHE-XG2 motherboard and one with a X6DHE-G2 motherboard. When I try to install FreeBSD 5.4 on these machines I get "FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY timed out" messages while the installer is booting. The installer does manage to start, but when you go to the fdisk screen it says there are no disks to install to. The installation can be done in safe mode however. When the installation is finished these machines hang during startup unless booted in safe mode. I have seen instructions on the web for creating a "safe mode kernel" that can boot without problems, but since these these machines will be used for testing so it is important to have the normal kernel. I have also tried FreeBSD 6.0, with the same problems. Here are some screen captures of the messages: Error messages on the machines while booting the installer: X6DHE-G2 http://www.baud-bandit.com/x6dhe-g2-install.png X6DHE-XG2 http://www.baud-bandit.com/x6dhe-xg2-install.png Error messages on the machines while booting the installation: X6DHE-G2 http://www.baud-bandit.com/x6dhe-g2-boot.png X6DHE-XG2 http://www.baud-bandit.com/x6dhe-xg2-boot-page1.png http://www.baud-bandit.com/x6dhe-xg2-boot-page2.png Another similar case i've seen: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2005-February/011693.html Any advice or help appreciated. Simon Crosby
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