Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:57:21 +0200 From: Andreas Rudisch <"cyb."@gmx.net> To: W C <woodycarey@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VIA M1000 mini-itx system installation woes - WRITE_DMA error - cabling? Message-ID: <1114552641.678.18.camel@p4-3200.local> In-Reply-To: <BAY102-F266489846554E24E0A0F95C9210@phx.gbl> References: <BAY102-F266489846554E24E0A0F95C9210@phx.gbl>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 14:31 -0700, W C wrote: > Hi all, > > I am attempting to install 5.3-R from cd (iso image download) and > sysinstall is failing > to write the chosen (Auto Layout) filesystem to disk, the Toshiba 80G on the > primary ide channel as master. The error on vty1 is (from memory) ad0: > WRITE_DMA, error=84. > The drive is detected by BIOS as a UDMA100 device. There is nothing else on > this IDE channel, and only a cd drive on the other IDE slot. > > A search of -questions reveals this error is a UDMA mismatch, possible > caused by 80-pin cabling, and fixable with atacontrol ad0 udma33 pio bla bla > bla. However, I do not yet have a running system to run atacontrol from, as > I am installing. I have rooted around in the bios for an option to force > the drive to UDMA33 speed, to no avail. Does anyone know how I can work > around this problem and install FreeBSD to this neat little system? Do I > have bad cabling, a bad drive, or ??? > > Thanks for any follow-up questions, pointers, rants, RTFM's, etc. > > Woody I was installing FreeBSD 5.3-Release on an VIA EPIA M10000 a while ago and I has no problems at all. My harddisk was a Fujitsu MHT2040AT UDMA-100 2.5", so your problem could be cable or harddisk related. Maybe you have a spare disk/cable at hand to test it. Good luck, Andreas -- GnuPG key : 0xD25FCC81 | http://cyb.websimplex.de/pubkey.asc Fingerprint: D182 6F22 7EEC DD4C 0F6E 564C 691B 0372 D25F CC81 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCbrlBaRsDctJfzIERAkdyAJ90HzP6JgLRcOSzbZORQF6f2NekYwCgj/JE FpsqRby/4RnQStUxbOUFLqs= =62U2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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