From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 13:41:22 2003 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 6712C16A4CE for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:41:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from snaphat.com (pcp04337577pcs.elkton01.md.comcast.net [68.33.78.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD8C443FAF for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:41:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aaron@snaphat.com) Received: from snaphat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by snaphat.com (8.12.9/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hB22euub009436; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:40:56 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from aaron@snaphat.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by snaphat.com (8.12.9/8.12.10/Submit) id hB22esJ2009435; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:40:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from aaron@snaphat.com) X-Authentication-Warning: snaphat.com: www set sender to aaron@snaphat.com using -f Received: from 68.33.78.247 (SquirrelMail authenticated user aaron) by mail.snaphat.com with HTTP; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:40:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <33052.68.33.78.247.1070332853.squirrel@mail.snaphat.com> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:40:52 -0500 (EST) From: "Aaron Myles Landwehr" To: "J S Goldberg" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.9 ATA hangs with 2 ata drives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: aaron@snaphat.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 21:41:22 -0000 I have the same problem with my asus p4s8x mobo on freebsd 4.9 and prior....If i disable dma the cd will boot.; 5.1 works correctly(with dma enabled). from the cases i've seen...they all include an ASUS motherboard... -aaron > I've got both 4.9 and 5.1 loaded on my new ASUS A7N8X Deluxe > with two 160Gb disks on the primary ATA controller. 5.1 does > much better handling both ATA disks. When I run 4.9 with the > second disk connected, it hangs during kernel boot after the > message: > > ad1: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting > ata0: resetting devices > > I've seen what looks like similar problems in the archives (e.g., > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?188200406.20031109073901). > It seems to happen on various motherboards and disk configurations. > I wanted to provide another datapoint for configurations. > > My 4.9 came from the CD image downloaded from the ftp site last > week (weds). 5.1 came from the subscription CD. > > The questions are: > 1. Has anyone gotten a similar configuration working on 4.9? > 2. Will it make a difference to CVSup? > > Thanks in advance! > j