Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 23:12:24 -0400 From: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSD drive not recognized Message-ID: <125F339D78430FE5E910981A@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTik=MVoVQ2ciPjp8TZMK0DBoduoJtA@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTik=MVoVQ2ciPjp8TZMK0DBoduoJtA@mail.gmail.com>
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--As of May 19, 2011 5:30:19 PM -0400, Robert Simmons is alleged to have said: > I recently upgraded a hard drive to an SSD drive. Initially I bought > a cheap(er) Microcenter house branded SATA II drive (after looking > around online it turns out it is really an A-Data that was rebranded). > It was recognized by the BIOS, but not by FreeBSD. I decided to > return it and try a name brand (OCZ Vertex 2, 60GB) with the same > results. The system is 8.2-RELEASE and this is a fresh install. > > The motherboard (ASRock K8Upgrade-NF3, nForce3 250 chipset) is only > SATA, not SATA II, but it has another SATA II drive (not SSD) that is > recognized just fine even without the jumper set to force it to SATA. > So, I don't think it is a problem with the drive negotiating down to > SATA, otherwise I don't think the BIOS would recognize it at all. > > What is the best way to figure out why FreeBSD does not recognize the > drive? --As for the rest, it is mine. Well, the traditional first start would be a dmesg. I'm not sure if there is any possible reason why a SATA II drive might not work on a SATA I interface, but I suppose it's a possibility. A good regular HD can fill a SATA I interface, so it could be possible that they never expected an SSD to be attached to one. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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