From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 3 23:12:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6E751065675 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:12:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raphael_salas@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc3-s27.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s27.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D1778FC26 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:12:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raphael_salas@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY129-W47 ([65.55.134.82]) by bay0-omc3-s27.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:12:49 -0800 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [67.82.106.153] From: Raphael Salas To: Gavin Atkinson Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:12:50 +0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: References: <1204541396.11514.12.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Mar 2008 23:12:49.0784 (UTC) FILETIME=[198C4F80:01C87D84] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Hard disk not detected during install X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:12:50 -0000 > From: raphael_salas@hotmail.com> To: gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> Date:= Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:37:31 +0000> CC: freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: = RE: Hard disk not detected during install> > > > Subject: Re: Hard disk not= detected during install> From: gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> To: raphael_= salas@hotmail.com> CC: freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 1= 0:49:56 +0000> > On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 22:43 +0000, Raphael Salas wrote:> >= Hi,> > > > I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite P205D-S7479, and want to = run> > FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE on it. However, during partitioning, my hard dis= k> > (SATA) is not found, even with ACPI disabled and during safe mode.> > = pciconfig -lv says the ATA controller's vendor is ATI. Additionally,> > my = BIOS doesn't provide any options regarding hard disk, therefore, I> > canno= t switch it to IDE mode.> > Is the controller detected at all when booting = from the install CD?> When you are at the sysinstall menu, you should be ab= le to press scroll> lock and page up back through the boot messages. Bootin= g "verbose" may> well be useful.> > If it's not detected, compare this with= the boot messages from 6.3 and> see what the differences are. Does it try = to attach and fail, or never> even notice the controller is there? If the c= ontroller attaches> successfully, have a look towards the end of the boot m= essages for where> disks get detected. What are the errors?> > It sounds li= ke you already have 6.x or something on the machine, if so> you may find th= at you can boot (with verbose logging) the 7.x CD, abort> the installer, re= boot into 6.x and find the 7.x boot messages> in /var/log/messages. Otherwi= se, taking digital pictures of the boot> messages and sending links to the = list may well help us diagnose the> problem.> > Gavin> > Here's the link: h= ttp://www.sendspace.com/folder/d5tai1> > If you need more pictures let me k= now.> > -Raphael =20 Sorry, that site requires you to download the pictures, here are imageshack= links: =20 http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/4585/p1012298bb5.jpg http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/2016/p1012299xx7.jpg http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/682/p1012300ss8.jpg http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6581/p1012301my0.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6940/p1012302eu8.jpg http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1521/p1012303ig5.jpg =20 _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/=