Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:49:31 +1300 From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot install 6.0-RC1 on Promise SX4060 (DANGER WILL ROBINSON) Message-ID: <4366AD8B.5060209@paradise.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <43659B35.4090905@paradise.net.nz> References: <43659B35.4090905@paradise.net.nz>
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Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Hi, I am trying to install 6.0-RC1 on a system with a Promise SX4060 > (PDC20621) + 4 Maxtor ATA-133 drives (6E040L0). The mobo is a Tyan > Thunder LE (S2510). > > The card appears to be detected ok (tho the exact text rushes past > before I can read it completely), but the drive probing fails completely: > > ad4 : FAILURE - SET FEATURES TRANSFER MODE timed out. > ad4 : FAILURE - SET FEATURES RCACHE timed out. > ad4 : FAILURE - SET FEATURES WCACHE timed out. > ad4 : FAILURE - SET FEATURES SET_MULTI. > ad4 : FAILURE - READ timed out (LBA = 80293185) > ad4 : FAILURE - READ retrying (0 retries left) LBA = 0 > .. > ad4 : req = 0xc3b78960 SET FEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE semaphore timeout > !!DANGER WILL ROBINSON!! > .. > .. > (hand copied as I don't have a serial console) > > Some more info - running the PCI bus at 33Mhz (default is 66Mhz) makes no difference. By way of a further hardware check, tried out a 3Ware 7506 (destined for another machine), and it works perfectly (hmmm - maybe should have bought two of those...). So ... err.. keep those suggestions coming (should I post this to -current instead???) Cheers Mark
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