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Date:      Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:24:26 -0400
From:      "Webster, Andrew" <awebster@connectalk.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   IBM xSeries 226 Help needed
Message-ID:  <9D61D69E3C1F7F459C5513AD830EE219355F26@mtlex01.connectalk.com>

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Hi,
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I'm having problems with an IBM xSeries 226 system.  It has a SATA disk i=
n it, and when booting with FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, it does not detect any d=
rives.
If I boot in safe mode, however it can see the disk just fine as "ad4" an=
d I can install the OS on it.
I tried turning on/off ACPI but that didn't help either.
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Why does it work okay in safe mode but not normal mode?
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Verbose booting in normal mode says this about the ATA controllers, so I'=
m assuming it is actually seeing the CDROM and the disk:
ata0: reset tp2 stat0=3D00 stat1=3D00 devices=3D0x4<ATAPI_MASTER>
ata1: reset tp2 stat0=3D01 stat1=3D01 devices=3D0x0
ata2: reset tp2 stat0=3D50 stat1=3D00 devices=3D0x1<ATAPI_MASTER>
ata3: reset tp2 stat0=3Dff stat1=3D00 devices=3D0x0
ata0 and ata2 are reinitted a couple more times, then it can't find any f=
ilesystems to mount.
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Andrew
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