Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:59:03 +0100 From: John Murphy <sub02@freeode.co.uk> To: "adrian esquivel" <adrianesquisi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help installing FreeBSD Message-ID: <lb7fc2lkqaioktkkpt66laa7lfkmlbbbpi@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <ca15ad370607252257v7bdf95fdu25508880385702c@mail.gmail.com> References: <ca15ad370607252257v7bdf95fdu25508880385702c@mail.gmail.com>
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"adrian esquivel" <adrianesquisi@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi! I've been trying to install FBSD on my computer, but I keep getting an >error message that I have absolutely no idea what it means. This is what I >get when I hit Alt+F2 > >DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for root filesystem >DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for swap partitions >ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=63 >ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=63 >ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=84<ICRC,ABORTED> >LBA=63 >ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=63 >ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=63 >ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=84<ICRC,ABORTED> >LBA=67 [snip] I had similar errors reported when I tried to install FreeBSD from a CDRom drive which was connected to the motherboard with a standard udma(33?) ribbon cable (Yes write errors). Make sure your connectors are the better 80 conductor ones. -- John.
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