From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 26 21:57:22 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44A0516A4CE for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:57:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 31F8543D55 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:57:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from "cyb."@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 26 Apr 2005 21:57:19 -0000 Received: from pD9E286DC.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO localhost.localdomain) [217.226.134.220] by mail.gmx.net (mp025) with SMTP; 26 Apr 2005 23:57:19 +0200 X-Authenticated: #4870692 From: Andreas Rudisch <"cyb."@gmx.net> To: W C In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-qJHMGBMPLAafeCfZ+xDz" Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:57:21 +0200 Message-Id: <1114552641.678.18.camel@p4-3200.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VIA M1000 mini-itx system installation woes - WRITE_DMA error - cabling? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:57:22 -0000 --=-qJHMGBMPLAafeCfZ+xDz Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 14:31 -0700, W C wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I am attempting to install 5.3-R from cd (iso image download) and=20 > sysinstall is failing > to write the chosen (Auto Layout) filesystem to disk, the Toshiba 80G on = the=20 > primary ide channel as master. The error on vty1 is (from memory) ad0:=20 > WRITE_DMA, error=3D84. > The drive is detected by BIOS as a UDMA100 device. There is nothing else= on=20 > this IDE channel, and only a cd drive on the other IDE slot. >=20 > A search of -questions reveals this error is a UDMA mismatch, possible=20 > caused by 80-pin cabling, and fixable with atacontrol ad0 udma33 pio bla = bla=20 > bla. However, I do not yet have a running system to run atacontrol from,= as=20 > I am installing. I have rooted around in the bios for an option to force= =20 > the drive to UDMA33 speed, to no avail. Does anyone know how I can work=20 > around this problem and install FreeBSD to this neat little system? Do = I=20 > have bad cabling, a bad drive, or ??? >=20 > Thanks for any follow-up questions, pointers, rants, RTFM's, etc. >=20 > Woody I was installing FreeBSD 5.3-Release on an VIA EPIA M10000 a while ago and I has no problems at all. My harddisk was a Fujitsu MHT2040AT UDMA-100 2.5", so your problem could be cable or harddisk related. Maybe you have a spare disk/cable at hand to test it. Good luck, Andreas --=20 GnuPG key : 0xD25FCC81 | http://cyb.websimplex.de/pubkey.asc Fingerprint: D182 6F22 7EEC DD4C 0F6E 564C 691B 0372 D25F CC81 --=-qJHMGBMPLAafeCfZ+xDz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCbrlBaRsDctJfzIERAkdyAJ90HzP6JgLRcOSzbZORQF6f2NekYwCgj/JE FpsqRby/4RnQStUxbOUFLqs= =62U2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-qJHMGBMPLAafeCfZ+xDz--