From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 25 22:57:51 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 3815616A403 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:57:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.171]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECD5043D5A for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:57:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin05-en2 [10.13.10.150]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout01/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k9PMvoSm011000; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:57:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [17.214.13.96] (a17-214-13-96.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin05/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k9PMvmpp016465; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:57:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <026201c6f886$6a245570$9f00000a@edx2> References: <026201c6f886$6a245570$9f00000a@edx2> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:57:47 -0700 To: Freek Nossin X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Brightmail-scanned: yes Cc: FreeBSD Stable 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 22:57:51 -0000 On Oct 25, 2006, at 3:39 PM, Freek Nossin wrote: > 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)? It's not uncommon for Windows drivers to fall back to a slower DMA mode, or even PIO, when they start to see problems. You could accomplish the same effect by configuring your BIOS to run the ATA devices at UDMA33 speeds, which also can be a good idea if you've got a hard drive sharing the same (parallel) ATA channel with an older CD/ DVD-ROM device. Your Asus A7V266 motherboard should have come with a decent 80-pin ATA cable originally...? -- -Chuck