Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 22:18:49 -0400 From: "Shaun Sabo" <shaun.bsd@gmail.com> To: "Jeremy Chadwick" <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 SATA Controller Message-ID: <be79767b0805011918k304e26d0ybd79f2d20e102bf7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080501204157.GA67015@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <be79767b0805011034l7b82327dp12637daa12598567@mail.gmail.com> <20080501182325.GA62281@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <be79767b0805011204r1a7aad67tf4f78d5363684f81@mail.gmail.com> <20080501204157.GA67015@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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since it is not 7-stable im interested in shouldnt i use the 7.0-RELEASE livefs? On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 03:04:28PM -0400, Shaun Sabo wrote: > > I checked to make sure that the hard disks are not in raid configuration > and > > there are not. i also checked and my bios are at the latest version > > available (A11). also this is an XPS 600 not 700 and i have the correct > > users manual in paper and digital formats. how would you like the dmesg > to > > be presented? i dont think i have any way to writing it to a thumb drive > or > > such devices from the installer. should i just take digital pictures? > > Digital pictures would be fine, unless you want to try the serial > console route (chances are you don't have this sort of environment set > up, so it's probably more effective to take photos). > > One thing: does Linux detect your disks on this system? > > I'd recommend downloading one of the recent RELENG_7 snapshot CDs, > specifically the "livefs" one, and boot it. dmesg doesn't come with the > standard installation disc (disc1), hence why I'm recommending livefs. > The snapshots are available here: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200804 > > You probably want one of these two: > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200804/7.0-STABLE-200804-amd64-livefs.iso > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200804/7.0-STABLE-200804-i386-livefs.iso > > dmesg should show some ATA stuff at the end, assuming you're familiar > with FreeBSD's kernel output. Something like this, assuming the > physical disks are detected: > > ad4: 190782MB <WDC WD2000JD-00HBB0 08.02D08> at ata2-master SATA150 > ad6: 476940MB <WDC WD5000AAKS-00YGA0 12.01C02> at ata3-master SATA300 > ad8: 476940MB <WDC WD5000AAKS-00TMA0 12.01C01> at ata4-master SATA300 > ad10: 476940MB <WDC WD5000AAKS-00TMA0 12.01C01> at ata5-master SATA300 > > You'll need to work backwards to figure out what is connected to what, > e.g.: > > $ dmesg | grep ata2 > ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1 > ata2: [ITHREAD] > ad4: 190782MB <WDC WD2000JD-00HBB0 08.02D08> at ata2-master SATA150 > > $ dmesg | grep atapci1 > atapci1: <Intel AHCI controller> port > 0x30e8-0x30ef,0x30dc-0x30df,0x30e0-0x30e7,0x30d8-0x30db,0x30b0-0x30bf mem > 0xe8600400-0xe86007ff irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0 > atapci1: [ITHREAD] > atapci1: AHCI Version 01.10 controller with 4 ports detected > ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1 > ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1 > ata4: <ATA channel 2> on atapci1 > ata5: <ATA channel 3> on atapci1 > > Otherwise, if none of this works, you'll need to somehow provide the > full output of "pciconf -lv", which will be many screen fulls of data. > You'll probably have to pipe it through "more", take a shot, hit > spacebar, take another shot, etc... > > Please post URLs to the photos, rather than attaching them. The mailing > list software does not take kindly to large attachments. > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > >
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