Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 04:09:41 +0100 From: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> To: <mwoodson@bacxs.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ATA Problems with >4.1R #0 Message-ID: <020701c12f6e$f41fd740$0200a8c0@mark2> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010827212658.01e1b520@192.168.99.2>
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> I've spent the past few hours digging through the archives looking for a > solution to this problem, and all the references I found seemed to center > on an early bug in the UDMA code that by all accounts sounds like it was fixed. > > I've got a system using the dreaded VIA chipset and a Seagate > drive. What's maddening is that the system works fine, no problems on > 4.1-RELEASE #0, and fails horrendously on anything after that (up to 4.4 > RC1). The problem is continuous READ and WRITE timeouts that result in the > bus being reset and, during installation disk errors. It's a FIC KA-6130 > MicroATX board, with a Trident VGA adapter and 2 Netgear FA310TX NIC's, a > PIII-450 and 64M RAM. > > ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. done > > I'd appreciate any help/suggestions anyone might have... I think you've narrowed it down where you say the bug sounds like it has been fixed. I had similar problems with 4.1-release and a VIA chipset, upgraded to 4.3-release and had no problems whatsoever. Hope this helps, Mark -- Mark Hughes - DVD & Film Content Manager, Technical Officer Digital Spy Ltd http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ Your number one source for digital media and entertainment news! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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