From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 24 16:00:29 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7401F106566C for ; Tue, 24 May 2011 16:00:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DFE08FC08 for ; Tue, 24 May 2011 16:00:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwc33 with SMTP id 33so7186946wwc.31 for ; Tue, 24 May 2011 09:00:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.169.139 with SMTP id z11mr3496298wby.60.1306252827882; Tue, 24 May 2011 09:00:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dfleuriot-at-hi-media.com ([83.167.62.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ed10sm4863192wbb.15.2011.05.24.09.00.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 24 May 2011 09:00:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4DDBD618.3010003@my.gd> Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 18:00:24 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <125F339D78430FE5E910981A@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <125F339D78430FE5E910981A@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: SSD drive not recognized X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 16:00:29 -0000 On 5/20/11 5:12 AM, Daniel Staal wrote: > --As of May 19, 2011 5:30:19 PM -0400, Robert Simmons is alleged to have > said: > >> I recently upgraded a hard drive to an SSD drive. Initially I bought >> a cheap(er) Microcenter house branded SATA II drive (after looking >> around online it turns out it is really an A-Data that was rebranded). >> It was recognized by the BIOS, but not by FreeBSD. I decided to >> return it and try a name brand (OCZ Vertex 2, 60GB) with the same >> results. The system is 8.2-RELEASE and this is a fresh install. >> >> The motherboard (ASRock K8Upgrade-NF3, nForce3 250 chipset) is only >> SATA, not SATA II, but it has another SATA II drive (not SSD) that is >> recognized just fine even without the jumper set to force it to SATA. >> So, I don't think it is a problem with the drive negotiating down to >> SATA, otherwise I don't think the BIOS would recognize it at all. >> >> What is the best way to figure out why FreeBSD does not recognize the >> drive? > > --As for the rest, it is mine. > > Well, the traditional first start would be a dmesg. > > I'm not sure if there is any possible reason why a SATA II drive might > not work on a SATA I interface, but I suppose it's a possibility. A > good regular HD can fill a SATA I interface, so it could be possible > that they never expected an SSD to be attached to one. > > Daniel T. Staal > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you > are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use > the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will > expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, > whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of > local copyright law. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" FYI, this Corsair one works on 8.2-RELEASE ad16: 30533MB at ata8-master UDMA100 SATA 3Gb/s