Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:57:03 -0500 From: "MikeM" <zlists@mgm51.com> To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2RC2 - timeouts with tertiary IDE controller & CD-ROM Message-ID: <200312301857030994.007E9620@sentry.24cl.home>
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--On Monday, December 29, 2003 6:50 PM -0800 Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, MikeM wrote: > >> Hopefully this is the correct list to post this on... >> >> I have a Dell 600SC server that I use to store my MP3's. Whenever >> the CD-ROM drive is plugged into the tertiary IDE controller I see >> timeouts during the boot process. If I move the CD-ROM drive over >> to the secondary IDE controller, everything works fine. FreeBSD 4.9 >> has no problems with the CD-ROM plugged into the tertiary controller. > > Yay timing issues. Your drive is jumpered for master and/or single > operation, yes? Unknown. The CD-ROM drive is a no-name drive that has no documentation for the jumper(s). > have you replaced the cable? I just replaced the cable with another, and I saw the same symptoms. Additionally, the previous cable has worked fine on FreebSD 4.9 and RH Linux 8.0 (can I say that here) when the CD-ROM is plugged into the tertiary IDE controller. The previous cable also worked fine with FreeBSD 5.2RC2 when the the CD-ROM was plugged into the secondary IDE controller.
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