From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 8 16:21:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 8219716A4D1 for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:21:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from mail.ipt.ru (mail.ipt.ru [80.253.10.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9EC843D9A for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:21:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from doc.sem.ipt.ru ([192.168.12.1] helo=ipt.ru) by mail.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GhqAl-000JCm-Bb; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:21:07 +0300 Received: from bsam by ipt.ru with local (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GhqAs-000CeN-DJ; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:21:14 +0300 To: "Mark Maddox" References: From: Boris Samorodov Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:21:14 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Mark Maddox's message of "Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:00:30 -0700") Message-ID: <58214693@srv.sem.ipt.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:21:31 -0000 On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:00:30 -0700 Mark Maddox wrote: > > 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 > > > > > "Mark Maddox" 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 > > > 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 > > > 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. > 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. Do you have any check utility for your harddrive? Can you try the latest FreeBSD iso installation CD (seems it's a BETA-3 now)? Not for a production use but at least to test. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve