From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 25 22:39:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1A6316A40F for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:39:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freeknossin@planet.nl) Received: from smtp17.wxs.nl (smtp17.wxs.nl [195.121.247.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58A7D43D60 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:39:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freeknossin@planet.nl) Received: from edx2 (ip56519a8a.speed.planet.nl [86.81.154.138]) by smtp17.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J7P00K9KQXHYY@smtp17.wxs.nl> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:39:17 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:39:21 +0200 From: Freek Nossin In-reply-to: <453BEA39.5000508@bahnhofbredband.se> To: 'Carl Johan Gustavsson' , dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua Message-id: <026201c6f886$6a245570$9f00000a@edx2> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Thread-index: Acb2JgWcXTLYA9ifTgCHWBV7rimm+gCX8sgQ Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: partioning failed X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:39:22 -0000 Finally I got things working! First I tried several other IDE cables, which did not help. Then I tried Carl's advice and bought a 80-connector cable. And amazingly enough... It worked! But I wonder, why is FreeBSD so picky about it? My previous Windows installation did not itch a bit. And should this not be documented anywhere (or should have, because SATA is the standard nowadays)? Thanks! Freek -----Original Message----- From: Carl Johan Gustavsson [mailto:carl.gustavsson@bahnhofbredband.se] Sent: maandag 23 oktober 2006 0:01 To: Freek Nossin Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: partioning failed -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Sunday 22 October 2006 13:10, Freek Nossin wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I've run into some problems while I was trying to install freebsd >> 6.1 (i386). When I've finished partitioning and the installer >> wants to write the partition data to disk, it fails to do so. I >> used the typical settings, ie one slice on the disc, with a >> default partitioning scheme (except that I merged the /tmp with >> /var). >> >> The installer reports: unable to find device node for >> /dev/ad0s1b. >> >> I tried to use another hard disk, which resulted in the same >> error. >> >> On VTY1 I got the following messages: ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA >> UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=63 ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA >> UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=63 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA >> status=51 error=84 LBA=63 >> >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0 >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0 >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0 >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0 >> ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=84LBA=0 >> >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=64 >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) >> LBA=64 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=84 LBA=64 >> >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=63 >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) >> LBA=63 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=84 LBA=63 >> >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=63 >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) >> LBA=63 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=84 LBA=63 >> >> System information: Athlon XP 1700+ / 786 MB Asus A7V266 (bios >> v1.11) Maxtor 60 GB >> >> Has anyone any suggestions? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Freek > > I'd try a different cable for the drive. If that doesn't fix it > the controller on the motherboard is probably bad. Hi! If you are using a 40-pin cable and changing to another 40-pin doesn't help, test with a 80-pin cable. FreeBSD can be a bit picky about that. / Carl -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFO+o08UQ1gvZaLdMRAt/hAKCdVWbYJYZ3SVCvdsw3uagRq8I2GQCgiEl1 wsOmOG7XuGrmlt756+TVq8M= =r8I0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----