Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:30:07 GMT From: Fabian Wenk <fabian@wenks.ch> To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: amd64/125002: amd64, SATA hard disks not detected Message-ID: <200806291530.m5TFU7wV059073@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR amd64/125002; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Fabian Wenk <fabian@wenks.ch> To: "J.C." <goodbitster@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/125002: amd64, SATA hard disks not detected Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:27:59 +0200 Hello J.C. On 26.06.08 09:07, J.C. wrote: >>Number: 125002 >>Category: amd64 >>Synopsis: amd64, SATA hard disks not detected >>Description: > The FreeBSD 7.0 amd64 installer says it can't find any disk > drives on my computer. > > For whatever it's worth, here's the dmesg output from my OpenBSD > installation (which found and installed on the SATA disk drives > in question without any changes to the system or BIOS): > wd0 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 0: <WDC WD5000AAKS-00YGA0> > wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 476940MB, 976773168 sectors > wd0(pciide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 > wd1 at pciide1 channel 1 drive 0: <WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0> > wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 476940MB, 976773168 sectors > wd1(pciide1:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 OpenBSD did find them as IDE (aka P-ATA) disks. Somewhere in the BIOS settings should be an option to switch the SATA controller to AHCI, maybe this helps. On most computers this setting defaults to P-ATA mode, which is a slower compatibility mode and is needed for an other OS to work. bye Fabian
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