From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 14 4:10:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cmailg7.svr.pol.co.uk (cmailg7.svr.pol.co.uk [195.92.195.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D411337B43E for ; Mon, 14 May 2001 04:10:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@dvdnews.co.uk) Received: from [195.92.67.23] (helo=mail18.svr.pol.co.uk) by cmailg7.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 14zGEz-0003cR-00; Mon, 14 May 2001 12:10:17 +0100 Received: from modem-33.blue-star-damsel.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.240.33] helo=mark2) by mail18.svr.pol.co.uk with smtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 14zGEu-0005hk-00; Mon, 14 May 2001 12:10:13 +0100 Message-ID: <076e01c0dc66$6dc006d0$0200a8c0@mark2> From: "Mark Hughes" To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" , "Salvo Bartolotta" Cc: References: <008901c0dc47$3ff84d80$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> Subject: Re: Read command timeout Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 12:09:57 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'd be happy to, unfortunately over a 56k modem link it would take me two straight days to download it - which in and of itself isn't too bad, however not using the modem for those two days while it's downloading is... Thanks for the suggestion tho, and if I can find someone with a fast internet link to D/L it for me then I'll give it a shot. Regards, Mark > What about just trying a install of FreeBSD 3.5.1 which uses the > wd driver, and seeing if this one works? That would at least > confirm the problem is in the ad driver. > > Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com > Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide > Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Salvo > >Bartolotta > >Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 2:55 PM > >To: Mark Hughes > >Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Re: Read command timeout > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > > >On 5/13/01, 10:13:22 PM, "Mark Hughes" wrote regarding > >Read command timeout: > > > > > >> Hello all, > > > >> After trial and error, I have managed to get freebsd to install (see > >"Panic on Install - > >> page fault syncing discs"), however on the first boot at the end of the > >boot sequence I > >> get: > > > >> ad0: read command timeout > >> ata0: resetting devices .. done > >> ad0: WRITE command timeout > >> ata0: resetting devices .. done > >> ad0: read command timeout > >> ata0: resetting devices .. done > > > >> looping for ages, eventually ending in a > > > >> /: bad dir ino 12611 > > > >> and a panic which I didn't catch before it reset the system. Now it won't > >boot at all, the > >> whole file system has been screwed it seems. > > > >> I'm attempting to install 4.1-Release. My system is detailed below. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> System spec: > >> Biostar M7MIA motherboard, using AMD761 north bridge and VIA 686B south > >> bridge ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > > > > > >IIRC, another person has met with difficulties with the VIA south bridge > >recently (and NO installation) -- it was an ASUS AM7266 mobo, "featuring" > >the same south bridge. Actually, the problems seem to be connected with > >IDE disks; AFAIR, SCSI disks work correctly. > > > >AFAIK, there are no solutions (yet), but I would be happy if I were wrong > >(erm, I've got IDE HDs & I'd very much like to get the ASUS mobo) :-)) > > > > > > > > > >> 128MB Crucial 2.5CAS DDR PC2100 memory > >> AMD Duron 750MHz CPU > >> IBM Deskstar 6.5GB ATA33 Hard Disk Drive (partitioned as 4.5GB FAT32 > >> Win2K, rest FreeBSD)^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > > > >Best regards, > >Salvo > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message