Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:32:20 -0500 From: "Matthew Rezny" <mrezny@umr.edu> To: "Eric Gatenby" <eric@gatenby.org> Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Large IDE Hard drives Message-ID: <200206140231.g5E2VJA460774@pimout1-int.prodigy.net>
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I don't think its size, but rather the controller. I had the same ptoblem with a HPT366 but then put in a HPT368 card and it runs great. I was using a couple Maxrtor 36GB disks. The 368 is second version of their ATA66 controller and apparently fixes some problems. I also have a HPT374 (their ATA133 controller) that runs great. When getting add-in IDE cards, stick to Highpoint. I tried a Promise card initially and about once a month itd do the same thing after running great the rest of the time, but it halts the CPU rather than nicely resetting the bus when it has a problem. >Hi, > >I just added an 80G Western Digital HD into my freebsd-stable box, >which was recompiled on Tuesday. After I fdisk and disklabel it, I >repeatedly get these errors on the console when the disk is under any >load: > >ad6: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting > >After some time, the system locks up and a hard reset is required. > >The disk itself appears fine -- I've run it through the WD test tools and it >has passed. I've installed it into a WinXP system with the exact same >motherboard and HDD controller and ran tests, and it worked. > >The disk is a Western Digital 80G JB drive, with an 8M cache and a UDMA/133 >interface. It is installed on a Highpoint HPT-366 UDMA/66 controller >integrated on my Abit BP6 motherboard. It is installed as the only device >(as master) on the second IDE port of the controller. > >What could be causing these errors and lockups? The problem existed befre I >recompiled on Tuesday. My previous build of 4.6-RC was done around May 3rd. > >Below is some hopefully useful info. If anything more is needed, or if I >should try anything, please let me know. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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