Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 17:08:26 -0700 From: "Gayn Winters" <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com> To: <bcsfd204@twcny.rr.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Problems with SATA drive on a Shuttle Message-ID: <04c101c5ca0a$130dc380$c901a8c0@workdog> In-Reply-To: <31cf9b319ce4.319ce431cf9b@nyroc.rr.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > bcsfd204@twcny.rr.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 4:37 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Problems with SATA drive on a Shuttle > > > Hi. > I'm having problems with FBSD 5.4-S on a machine I built. > It is a Shuttle XPC with SATA150 drives. > > This is typical of the messages I get: > initiate_write_filepage: already started > ad5: WARNING no status, reselecting device > ad5: timeout sending command=ca > ad5: error issuing WRITE_DMA command > > I found some hits on the mailing list indicating a possible hardware > problem. > I have replaced both SATA drives and switched the SATA > connections from > the secondary socket to the primary socket. > (The drive controller is built into the motherboard.) > This happens on both drives but the one with the / filesystem is hit > harder with this. > I have swap partitions on both drives. > Nothing has helped. > > I'm considering installing Suse Linux on the machine to see > of it is a > software problem with FreeBSD. > I've also thought about trying one of the 6.0-BETAs to see if that > makes a difference. > > Any ideas would be welcome. > Thanks... It does matter what controller you have on your m'board. See man ata. Also, 6.0 is far better than 5.4 IMHO for this support at least. -gayn
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