Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:10:03 +0000 From: Oliver Schonrock <oliver@realtsp.com> To: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: TIMEOUT/FAILURE_WRITE_DMA on ServerWorks HT1000 SATA150 Message-ID: <47CD11EB.4070803@realtsp.com> In-Reply-To: <20080304073932.GJ80576@hoeg.nl> References: <20080303200219.GF80576@hoeg.nl> <84dead720803032233m6881e888m6ff69c464a4a3d17@mail.gmail.com> <20080304073932.GJ80576@hoeg.nl>
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We have a Dell SC1435 with the above SATA controller which was running FreeBSD6.2 fine for about 3 months. We re-built it with FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE from scratch (ie complete new install from CD). Installation failed while copying base system from CD to disk. Suspecting a possible hardware issue we rebuilt it again with FreeBSD 6.3. It built and ran fine, thereby eliminating any hardware problems. Repeated attempts of installing FBSD7.0-RELEASE continued to fail at slightly different points, but always when writing to disk. Virtual Console 2 showed the following errors: NMI ISA 20 EISA ad4: TIMEOUT WRITE_DMA aNMI ISA 20, EISA FAILURE - WRITE_DMA. retrying I suspect this is related to other (S)ATA related problems which have been reported on this list, eg: <http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1489302+0+archive/2008/freebsd-current/20080120.freebsd-current>; I would be happy to provide more information to help debug this problem, however it is slightly difficult as I cannot even get the system installed under 7.0. Any suggestions on how to get better info. I could also look into providing remote access to the machine. Thanks Oliver Schonrock
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