From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 14:34:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 332BF16A4CE for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:34:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from snaphat.com (pcp04337577pcs.elkton01.md.comcast.net [68.33.78.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0255743FFB for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:34:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aaron@snaphat.com) Received: from snaphat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by snaphat.com (8.12.9/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hB2MY923005687; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:34:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from aaron@snaphat.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by snaphat.com (8.12.9/8.12.10/Submit) id hB2MY8SC005686; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:34:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from aaron@snaphat.com) X-Authentication-Warning: snaphat.com: www set sender to aaron@snaphat.com using -f Received: from 68.33.78.247 (SquirrelMail authenticated user aaron) by mail.snaphat.com with HTTP; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:34:08 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <33552.68.33.78.247.1070404448.squirrel@mail.snaphat.com> In-Reply-To: References: <33052.68.33.78.247.1070332853.squirrel@mail.snaphat.com> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:34:08 -0500 (EST) From: "Aaron Myles Landwehr" To: "J S Goldberg" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.9 ATA hangs with 2 ata drives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: aaron@snaphat.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 22:34:22 -0000 try turning off dma on the affected drive...see if it boots correctly > At 21:40 -0500 12/01/2003, Aaron Myles Landwehr wrote: >>I have the same problem with my asus p4s8x mobo on freebsd 4.9 and >>prior....If i disable dma the cd will boot.; >>5.1 works correctly(with dma enabled). >>from the cases i've seen...they all include an ASUS motherboard... >>-aaron > > I didn't have any trouble with the cd booting. I've got it > set up as my secondary ata master. It sees my ad0 fine, and > then hangs before showing the drive type for ad1. > > This post had ad0 hang using a GA - 8SG800 motherboard. > Maybe also an nforce2 chipset? > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2472274+2474865+/usr/local/www/db/text/2003/freebsd-questions/20031109.freebsd-questions > > I could swear there were others, but the only ones that I could > find quickly were about cdrom problems, not hard drives. > >>... 4.9 hangs on boot with: ... >> > ad1: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting >>> ata0: resetting devices >>> >>> I've seen what looks like similar problems in the archives (e.g., >>> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?188200406.20031109073901). >>> It seems to happen on various motherboards and disk configurations. >> > I wanted to provide another datapoint for configurations. >>> > > tks > j >