Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:49:34 +0300 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: "Mark Maddox" <MMaddox@TMCDesign.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem Message-ID: <01101057@srv.sem.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <CE568152976C2A4BADD08770B6360E8A01D787FB@tmcsvr.tmcdesign.local> (Mark Maddox's message of "Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:02:14 -0700") References: <CE568152976C2A4BADD08770B6360E8A01D787FB@tmcsvr.tmcdesign.local>
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On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:02:14 -0700 Mark Maddox wrote: > 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 > -----Original Message----- > From: Lowell Gilbert [mailto:freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org] > 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. > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > During boot I get this error: > > > > ad0: FAILURE -READ_DMA48 status=ff<BUSY, > > READY,DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECTABLE,INDEX,ERROR> error=0 LBA=390721967 > > > > > > > > > > > > During install the error I get is Error mounting /mnt/dev/ad0s1e on > > /mnt/tmp : Input/output error > > > > > > > > ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=ff<BUSY,READY, > > DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECTABLE,INDEX,ERROR> error=0 LBA=9303631 > > > > > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > Sounds like controller problems. I'd start by replacing the SATA cable. Windows throws those messages away. And you understand it when the data got lost. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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