From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jun 13 19:31:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pimout1-int.prodigy.net (pimout1-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 228A437B40D for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 19:31:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from beast (adsl-65-69-48-56.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net [65.69.48.56]) by pimout1-int.prodigy.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with SMTP id g5E2VJA460774; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 22:31:19 -0400 Message-Id: <200206140231.g5E2VJA460774@pimout1-int.prodigy.net> From: "Matthew Rezny" To: "Eric Gatenby" Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:32:20 -0500 Reply-To: "Matthew Rezny" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.10.2010) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195;2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Large IDE Hard drives Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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