Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:48:39 +1000 From: David Lodeiro <dlodeiro@inspired.net.au> To: OZ <oz16oz2@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tech Help? Message-ID: <200308160848.39215.dlodeiro@inspired.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20030815204734.96193.qmail@web80605.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030815204734.96193.qmail@web80605.mail.yahoo.com>
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Use FreeBSD 5.1 Release, you shouldnt have his issue. It relates to the ata controller not being supported by 4.7. Apparently there is another way around this, but I dont know what it is. Using Give it a try David On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 06:47 am, OZ wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, and am trying to set it up to > dual boot from a Primary Slave hard drive on an HP > Pavilion 716n. Having nothing but troubles. > > I've done the Google searches, and I've spent as much > time as I can afford scouring the help sites, but > can't find any answers. If this is not the right > forum for this question, please let me know where I > can find some help. > > My Primary Master is Windows XP (on a Seagate, 80GB), > I'm trying to set up the Primary Slave as FreeBSD 4.7 > Release (on a Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8, 30GB). > > When I go through the boot sequence for FreeBSD, it > gets stuck at: > > ad1: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting > ad0: resetting devices .. > > Just hangs there indefinitely. > > I found one solution through a Google search that > suggested disabling the DMA in the BIOS. However, on > the HP Pavilion, I can't do that -- it won't allow me > to disable the DMA in the BIOS. > > What can I do? This is a fairly urgent issue, and I'm > out of ideas. Please help. Thanks in advance! > > OZ > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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