Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:57:48 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: John Palmer <drgnut@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem Install Freebsd 5.3 Message-ID: <421B3A5C.6050208@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY13-F4246CAEFDB8D5F68FEFF18D1620@phx.gbl> References: <BAY13-F4246CAEFDB8D5F68FEFF18D1620@phx.gbl>
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John Palmer wrote: > I have a SuperMicro Motherboard X6DHE-G2 with serial ata. I am trying to > install FreeBSD 5.3. > When I boot it up from the cdrom and select "Boot FreeBSD [default]." I > get > an error of "ata2-master: FAILURE =ATA_IDENTIFY TIMED OUT." The hard drive > is not being detected. > > If I boot it up in "FreeBSD safe mode," I dont get any errors and the hard > drive is being detected. > I have installed FreeBSD 5.3 in safe mode and installed the current updates > without any problems. > > The only problem I have is after rebooting the machine and booting it up in > default mode. It is not able to mount my root partition. Also, I keep > getting the error of "ata2-master: FAILURE=ATA_IDENTIFY TIMED OUT." Has > anybody run across this problem? If so, I would like to know how the > problem was fixed. > > Thanks > > JP This is a question that ought to be asked in FreeBSD-Questions. Current is 6.0 and beyond. -- Best regards, Chris Those whose approval you seek the most give you the least.
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