From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 27 21:47:21 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 1072F16A4CF for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:47:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4706843D1D for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:47:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike.daemon@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z35so1548940rne for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:47:19 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=MgYDsdmllLOdxiTUA3jAJMykT14dm65aMEfLNqNl2Qs7mcwxK9gRXyrYo+OPWMyCZgXuWktd3ew6hwzL1/n4lR9OgPf79L5o+otFI0UP+ghat2r7wbrZWCEc2AnI584cFZpRtgPFUGA0ucZrEeHQhjyxXFlnG8FeEQgoFQhxxCg= Received: by 10.38.75.80 with SMTP id x80mr4180361rna; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:47:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.83.3 with HTTP; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:47:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3db6da6d05032713476ac966d4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:47:19 +0200 From: Mike Daemon To: Thomas Foster In-Reply-To: <006701c53314$834b7490$4300a8c0@home.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <3db6da6d05032713157dac8a14@mail.gmail.com> <006701c53314$834b7490$4300a8c0@home.lan> cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: more problems with 5.3 and "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mike Daemon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:47:21 -0000 On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:32:43 -0800, Thomas Foster wro= te: > I had this same issue I=B4ll have seen some more posts on the list with about the same problem therefore, I hope some bright one will take alook at the code.. and post something smart.. I=B4m very much stuck, hopeing any new snapshot will work.. on an older AMD Nforce board. 5.2.1 seemed to install > and run.. but moving to 5.3 gave me issues. I tinkered with the DMA > settings in the BIOS.. to no avail. The Geometry seemed to be off on the > drive I noticed (IBM deskstar) when I newfs'd it.. so I changed out drive= s.. > but never got it working.. I eventually just dropped Gentoo on it. >=20 > What chipset, drive controller hard drive are you using on this system? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Data&sektion=3D4&manpath=3DFreeBS= D+5.3-RELEASE I=B4ll notised that my idecontroller IS supported by the ata-driver, witch makes it even stranger.. (I think I will check on my cabling once more, even if it=B4s a newly installed _rounded_ 32 pin cable..) My atacontroller: SiS 5513 My HDD: Seagate 200 GB >=20 > T >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Daemon" > To: "FreeBSD Questions" > Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 1:15 PM > Subject: more problems with 5.3 and "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" >=20 > I got this annoying problem when upgradeing to 5.3, the miniinst iso > blurps out "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" when it starts writing base to my > disk. And when I tried to first install 5.2.1 and upgrade (cvsup, make > buildworld etc.. ) to 5.3 that way everything seems fine until I > reboot to single-user-mode, as soon as Im starting to write anything > to the disk it=B4s blurping out those errors.. I have diagnosticed my > disk, checked my cabling and fixed my PSU (installed a brand new one). > No difference. I noticed that my ide-controller was supported in 4.11, > but not? in 5.3, is that realy true? seems very strange... >=20 > Sence I duel boot with Wintendo/Lunix and don=B4t see this problem with > those oses I=B4m very confused of what to do next.. >=20 > I=B4ll tried some snapshots to but no luck... >=20 > / Mike >=20 > ps My dmesg goes in the attachment, in hope for a patch/solution to > this problem. ds >=20 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- >=20 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > >=20 >