Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:22:08 -1000 From: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be> Cc: "N.J. Thomas" <thomas@zaph.org>, "Snorre D. ?verb?" <snorre@overbo.no>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk errors on installing FreeBSD 8.0 (solved) Message-ID: <489CFF50.1040306@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <1218187730.2749.2.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be> References: <489AF8A7.1010400@overbo.no> <20080807220127.GD43268@zaph.org> <489B90A1.5030603@hdk5.net> <1218187730.2749.2.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be>
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Julien Cigar wrote: > Same problems for me with atapi CD/DVD drives (READ_BIG timeouts, > etc) .. it works a bit better when dma is turned off, but then > performances are very poor. > > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 14:17 -1000, Al Plant wrote: >> N.J. Thomas wrote: >>> * "Snorre D. ?verb?" <snorre@overbo.no> [2008-08-07 15:29:11+0000]: >>>> When I boot up with the installation DVD these error messages appear >>>> on the screen. >>>> >>>> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=84<ICRC,ABORTED> LBA=0055347 >>>> ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=84<ICRC,ABORTED> LBA=0 >>>> etc >>> I got the same exact errors trying to install 7.0-RELEASE on two >>> different Dell boxes. One was 4 years old, the other was brand new (3 >>> months ago). >>> >>> Never was able to fix the problem. For the older one, I plugged in an >>> external DVD drive and installed via that. For the other one, I >>> installed via a mini-install disk, and then did a minimal network >>> install. >>> >>> For the record, they both had SATA drives and the disks worked (and >>> still work) fine after the OS was installed. It was just copying the >>> base system off the CD that was causing errors. >>> >>> Thomas >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> ****************************************888 >> Aloha, >> >> I am getting the same errors as you guys with an intermittient BIG_read >> one occasionally. I've tried to install FreeeBSD CURRENT 8 and 7 release. >> >> This is on a no name box with a bio board and 1100 cpu. I've had this on >> other boxes too and load IDE drives on a box that works with them and >> then put them in the box with errors and they work just fine. >> >> Every thing gets recognized normally at install time, but the size of >> the IDE drive a Fujutsu 20 gig. shows twice what it should be every time. >> >> Dont know if this has anything to do with it, except if you change the >> size in installer it wont load anything. >> >> Maybe one of the top level gurus on the list can help. >> >> >> Aloha, The suggestion to put the folloeing worked to clear my DMA error. In: /boot/loader Put: hw.ata.ata_dma=0 #disable IDE DMA This allowed an uninterrupted boot. Thanks for the suggestion. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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