From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 18 08:33:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D280106566C for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:33:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidxu@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D3868FC18; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:33:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidxu@freebsd.org) Received: from apple.my.domain (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m3I8XVwT021221; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:33:33 GMT (envelope-from davidxu@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <48085D33.6080804@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:34:59 +0800 From: David Xu User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071211) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: d@delphij.net References: <83e5fb980804180034i2505ebbcv5930d3a56ecdaf90@mail.gmail.com> <48084FA8.2070503@delphij.net> <480853F7.1020008@freebsd.org> <480855AA.3040507@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <480855AA.3040507@delphij.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Diego Depaoli , freebsd-current Subject: Re: New ATA issue: locked out X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:33:36 -0000 Xin LI wrote: > David Xu wrote: >> Xin LI wrote: >>> Diego Depaoli wrote: >>>> Trying to mount / fails with no mountroot and a wide geom's list. >>>> Booting previous kernel results in panic guessing Bios (or some >>>> similar). >>>> Kernel from two hours ago. >>> >>> I found that latest ATA driver has some problems with ICH8M's AHCI >>> mode, but switching to compatible mode seems to be a good >>> workaround. Is your hard drive probed by the kernel? Also, can you >>> try old kernel to see if it work? >>> >>> Cheers, >> >> mine is Intel 82801GB/R (ICH7). > > Have you tried non-AHCI mode? Mine is glabel/newfs -L'ed so everything > just work after the change, but if you are using different configuration > then some fstab/others tweak would be necessary... > > Cheers, The BIOS did set it to AHCI mode, FreeBSD was installed 2.5 years ago, the disk was never partitioned again after that. I reset it to ATA mode in BIOS, and the machine boots again. Thanks,