From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 19 02:59:01 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 9528516A4CE for ; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:59:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay13-f39.bay13.hotmail.com [64.4.31.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7049643D2F for ; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:59:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drgnut@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:59:00 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 67.112.116.41 by by13fd.bay13.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:58:32 GMT X-Originating-IP: [67.112.116.41] X-Originating-Email: [drgnut@hotmail.com] X-Sender: drgnut@hotmail.com From: "John Palmer" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:58:32 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Feb 2005 02:59:00.0523 (UTC) FILETIME=[F639FFB0:01C5162E] Subject: ata2-master: FAILURE =ATA_IDENTIFY TIMED OUT 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: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:59:01 -0000 I have a SuperMicro Motherboard X6DHE-G2 with serial ata. I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.3. When I boot it up from the cdrom and select "Boot FreeBSD [default]." I get an error of "ata2-master: FAILURE =ATA_IDENTIFY TIMED OUT." The hard drive is not being detected. If I boot it up in "FreeBSD safe mode," I dont get any errors and the hard drive is being detected. I have installed FreeBSD 5.3 in safe mode and installed the current updates without any problems. The only problem I have is after rebooting the machine and booting it up in default mode. It is not able to mount my root partition. Also, I keep getting the error of "ata2-master: FAILURE=ATA_IDENTIFY TIMED OUT." Has anybody run across this problem? If so, I would like to know how the problem was fixed. Thanks JP _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfeeŽ Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963