Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:00:30 -0700 From: "Mark Maddox" <MMaddox@TMCDesign.com> To: "Boris Samorodov" <bsam@ipt.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem Message-ID: <CE568152976C2A4BADD08770B6360E8A01D78803@tmcsvr.tmcdesign.local>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Boris Samorodov [mailto:bsam@ipt.ru] > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 8:50 AM > To: Mark Maddox > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem >=20 > On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:02:14 -0700 Mark Maddox wrote: >=20 > > 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] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:09 AM > > To: Mark Maddox > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem >=20 > > "Mark Maddox" <MMaddox@TMCDesign.com> writes: >=20 > > > 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=3Dff<BUSY, > > > READY,DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECTABLE,INDEX,ERROR> error=3D0 LBA=3D390721967 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > During install the error I get is Error mounting /mnt/dev/ad0s1e on > > > /mnt/tmp : Input/output error > > > > > > > > > > > > ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=3Dff<BUSY,READY, > > > DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECTABLE,INDEX,ERROR> error=3D0 LBA=3D9303631 > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone have any ideas? >=20 > > Sounds like controller problems. I'd start by replacing the SATA cable. >=20 > Windows throws those messages away. And you understand it when the > data got lost. I just tried a new cable and I get the same errors. Windows worked fine on the machine, but I cannot use Windows for my application. =20
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