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Date:      Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:22:48 +0200
From:      Angelo Turetta <aturetta@bestunion.it>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        COKYAZICI <cokyazici@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject:   Re: Problems with SATA 2 hard disk while installing FreeBSD 6.1 RELEASE AMD 64
Message-ID:  <4539F4F8.5070204@bestunion.it>
In-Reply-To: <20061020214528.36877.qmail>
References:  <450BD996.8090104@commit.it> <44F09E9B.5090303@commit.it> <44F2C9C6.7040907@commit.it> <20061020214528.36877.qmail>

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COKYAZICI wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 RELEASE AMD 64
> on a new computer I bought, it has a ECS C51GM
> motherboard, with one SATA 2 hard disk, and an AMD
> Athlon 64 4200+ X2 on socket AM2. When I boot with the
> install CD, it crashes before starting the sysinstall,
> just after it finishes showing the details about the
> DVD writer, which I presume happens when it's checking
> for hard disks.

Although your motherboard seems different, you may be experiencing the 
problem described in: 
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?450BD996.8090104 (and referenced 
messages)

Please try one of the 6.2 BETA at the page below (even the bootonly 
mini-image): if it is the same problem it will recognize your disks.

http://www.freebsd.org/where.html#helptest

Angelo.



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