Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:07:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Krauth <stephenk@stephenk.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "No disks found!" when installing 4.3 on Thinkpad Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108231046200.59996-100000@azazel.inside.killermartian.com> In-Reply-To: <200108231535.f7NFZNR29456@ptavv.es.net>
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:28:19 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Stephen Krauth <stephenk@stephenk.com> > > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > I'm installing FreeBSD 4.3 on a Thinkpad 600 (which according to the > > laptop compatibility list works great with FBSD), and when I try to make a > > partition I get the "No disks found!" message. Strangely enough it sees > > the cdrom, so the problem isn't with the ATA interface in general. > > > > During the install I go into UserConfig and disable everything but ATA (I > > compared IRQ and I/O settings with Windows and they match), floppy, serial > > & parallel ports, keyboard, ps/2, syscons, pccard and math-co. Here are > > the pertinent statements during boot: > > > > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > > ata0-master: ata_command: timeout waiting for intr > > ata0-master: identify failed > > acd0: CDROM <CRN-8241B> at ata0-slave useing PIO4 > > > > Any ideas? Does anyone think I should risk upgrading the BIOS? I'm > > pretty desperate since I just bought this thing used specifically for > > FreeBSD... > > OK. This is being typed on a 600E (not quite the same thing, but > close), and it built and ran 4.3-Release just fine, but the ThinkPad > has its oddities (as do almost all laptops seem to). Right, the reason I bought this machine is that there were many testimonials about it working fine with FreeBSD. :) > First, you can't boot an installed system from the 4.3 installation > CD. That problem has been addressed and the 4.4 CD should not have the > problem. > > Your message does not make it entirely clear when you get the > failure. in the installation procedure. The best (only?) way to boot it > is to use the installation floppies. Are you doing this? Sorry about that. Yes, I was unable to boot from the CD itself (got messages to the effect of 'cant load kernel'), so I made the two floppies and boot from them. I get all the way to the installation interface and choose 'custom' then 'partition'. This is when I get the 'no disks found' message. Then using the scrollback I found the messages (above) about timeout waiting for intr. > As far as the UserConfig issues, I'd suggest removing all PC cards and > skipping the UserConfig stuff. The kernel should boot just fine that > way. It certainly should see the disk as ad0 and you should be able to > use fdisk to partition it. (I am referring to fdisk in the sysinstall > procedure.) Actually, I'm doing this with no PC cards inserted. I've tried skipping userconfig, and even tried disabling everything but fd0, ata0, and mathco, but still I get the exact same message about timing out. I'm considering trying this with an older version of FreeBSD just for lucks sake. > I realize that doing cut and paste is not an option, but getting the > output of the system probe would be very nice. Well, those 4 lines above were the only ones I saw regarding ata, but I'll copy the whole thing down by hand tonight if it'll help. Another idea though - what about the flags that can be set in userconfig (the parameter alongside irq and i/o address)? While pouring through the archives I noticed a few references to using these flags to disable timeouts with other laptops, but no real information on what the flags mean or what are legal values. Thanks for the help, btw. Steve K. U.F.O. - "For the feeler gauge in you." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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