Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:44:40 -0300 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Juli=E1n_Herrera?= <listas.julianherrera@globo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problem while installing FreeBSD 5.3 - ata0-master : FAILURE ATA IDENTIFY Message-ID: <41AC6B38.5000106@globo.com>
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Hello 4 all, I was starting to install FreeBSD 5.3 into 42 computers where I work as workstations when just at first installation i've got this uncommon problem. When kernel is finishing to load some messages like this appears: ata0-master : FAILURE ATA-IDENTIFY timed out After that, the installation program doesn't find any drive or partition to install. So, it's impossible to continue. When I tried to install again booting with Safe option, the installation program detects the drive but complain about its geometry, so I was in doubt to continue. This makes me think twice too soon (my first of 42 installations) if it's a good idea to migrate from Windows to FreeBSD here at my company, where FreeBSD has already been servicing the network infrastructure. The computer in question has a Soyo P4VGA-2AP1 motherboard with chipset VIA Apollo P4M266A and HD Samsung SP0411N. Thanks in advance, Julián Herrera
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