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Thread-Topic: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem
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The cable is fine; I installed windows on the drive in the machine that
is having problems, just to see if it would work.  I'm still trying to
get FreeBSD 6.1 up=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Lowell Gilbert [mailto:freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org]=20
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:09 AM
To: Mark Maddox
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem

"Mark Maddox" <MMaddox@TMCDesign.com> writes:

> I have an onboard Intel ICH7-M SATA controller with an SATA hard drive
> and cdrom connected to it.  I am unable to install FreeBSD onto the
> harddrive. =20
>
> =20
>
> According to the FreeBSD website ICH7 has been supported since version
> 6.0
>
> I have tried putting the controller in Legacy Mode and tried turning
> turned DMA off in on boot.  I have tested both of my SATA ports on the
> motherboard to make sure they both work with an alternate operating
> system (Windows) and they both worked. =20
>
> =20
>
> I have also installed the harddrive in another computer and installed
> FreeBSD on it successfully and then (after testing it and booting
> successfully on that computer) put it in the machine I am having the
> problems with only to have it start booting and then error out with
> harddrive errors.
>
> =20
>
> During boot I get this error:
>
>  ad0: FAILURE -READ_DMA48 status=3Dff<BUSY,
> READY,DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECTABLE,INDEX,ERROR> error=3D0 =
LBA=3D390721967
>
> =20
>
> =20
>
> During install the error I get is Error mounting /mnt/dev/ad0s1e on
> /mnt/tmp : Input/output error
>
> =20
>
> ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=3Dff<BUSY,READY,
> DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECTABLE,INDEX,ERROR> error=3D0 LBA=3D9303631
>
> =20
>
> Anyone have any ideas?  =20

Sounds like controller problems.  I'd start by replacing the SATA cable.