Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:02:14 -0700 From: "Mark Maddox" <MMaddox@TMCDesign.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem Message-ID: <CE568152976C2A4BADD08770B6360E8A01D787FB@tmcsvr.tmcdesign.local>
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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.
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