Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:08:34 -0700 From: "Atom Powers" <atom.powers@gmail.com> To: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please help ---Sata/IDE drive recognition problem Message-ID: <df9ac37c0608220808o65537cc3w3cadbe278734ab0b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060822113906.EFRM15709.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03> References: <20060822113906.EFRM15709.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03>
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On 8/22/06, Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> wrote: > On 8/21/06, Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> wrote: > > > > The motherboard is a FA-K8N51GMF-9 with 3 hard drives > > > installed. 2xSata and 1xIDE. > > That mobo uses an Nvidia chipset, last I checked the drivers for that > chipset weren't that great. > > > > > How do I get the installer select drives interface to recognize ad6? > > > > > Do you have a /dev/ad6? > > I have now sifted the connected to the SATA2 connector on the motherboard -- but it is still not recognized.. see comments below made in the posting I have just made to the amd64 list. My feeling is that you either have a bad cable or the sata controller is having problems, but it could also be the HDD (it *is* plugged in, right?) Here are some things you can try: - replace the cable. Yes, cables go bad frequently and for no obvious reason. So do connectors, but less frequently. - That mobo probably has four SATA ports, try the drive on different ports. - take out your Seagate drive and put the WD on that SATA port. (Use a live cd like FreeSBIE to boot and test the drive configuation.) - try the Seagate as ad6 and the WD as ad4 This is all basic troubleshooting. By changing one piece of the configuation at a time you should be able to identify the problem. -- -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--
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