Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 18:00:24 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSD drive not recognized Message-ID: <4DDBD618.3010003@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <125F339D78430FE5E910981A@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> References: <BANLkTik=MVoVQ2ciPjp8TZMK0DBoduoJtA@mail.gmail.com> <125F339D78430FE5E910981A@mac-pro.magehandbook.com>
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On 5/20/11 5:12 AM, Daniel Staal wrote: > --As of May 19, 2011 5:30:19 PM -0400, Robert Simmons is alleged to have > said: > >> I recently upgraded a hard drive to an SSD drive. Initially I bought >> a cheap(er) Microcenter house branded SATA II drive (after looking >> around online it turns out it is really an A-Data that was rebranded). >> It was recognized by the BIOS, but not by FreeBSD. I decided to >> return it and try a name brand (OCZ Vertex 2, 60GB) with the same >> results. The system is 8.2-RELEASE and this is a fresh install. >> >> The motherboard (ASRock K8Upgrade-NF3, nForce3 250 chipset) is only >> SATA, not SATA II, but it has another SATA II drive (not SSD) that is >> recognized just fine even without the jumper set to force it to SATA. >> So, I don't think it is a problem with the drive negotiating down to >> SATA, otherwise I don't think the BIOS would recognize it at all. >> >> What is the best way to figure out why FreeBSD does not recognize the >> drive? > > --As for the rest, it is mine. > > Well, the traditional first start would be a dmesg. > > I'm not sure if there is any possible reason why a SATA II drive might > not work on a SATA I interface, but I suppose it's a possibility. A > good regular HD can fill a SATA I interface, so it could be possible > that they never expected an SSD to be attached to one. > > Daniel T. Staal > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you > are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use > the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will > expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, > whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of > local copyright law. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" FYI, this Corsair one works on 8.2-RELEASE ad16: 30533MB <Corsair CSSD-V32GB2 2.2> at ata8-master UDMA100 SATA 3Gb/s
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