Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:37:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: "Paul R. Yaskowski" <paul@yaskowski.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2-R Installation Issue Message-ID: <20040125113645.H81485@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20040122205958.AEDD243D1D@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20040122205958.AEDD243D1D@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Paul R. Yaskowski wrote: > My apologies if this is the wrong list. > > I've been having a long-standing issue installing 5.x onto a Dell PowerEdge > 600SC. As far as I can tell, my issue specifically relates to PR 54549, > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=54549. > > 5.0-R and 5.1-R always paniced booting the first time off of the CD-ROM. > 5.2-R gets much further, but I still have some issues. The problem seems to > originate with the ATA controller, a ServerWorks CSB6 controller. I'm > getting the following kernel messages while booting the first time before > installation. Unfortunately the system doesn't respond to keystrokes > quickly, so these have been written down: > > -- > ata2-master: timeout sending command=ef > error issueing PIO command > error issuing ATA PACKET command > ata2-master: timeout sending command=a0 What happens if you boot without ACPI? I was about to suggest removing the cdrom drive, but you kinda need that. :) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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