From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 29 16:30:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3FD516A5FE for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:29:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5962E43CBC for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:29:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kATGROOo086981; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:27:24 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id kATGRN1l086980; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:27:23 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:27:23 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Dima Message-ID: <20061129162723.GA86701@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <3099.217.76.193.117.1164625816.metamail@webmail.meta.ua> <20061127155720.GB73438@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <1507.217.76.193.117.1164646712.metamail@webmail.meta.ua> <20061127171646.GC73889@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <2148.217.76.193.117.1164649724.metamail@webmail.meta.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2148.217.76.193.117.1164649724.metamail@webmail.meta.ua> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:30:00 -0000 On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 07:48:44PM +0200, Dima wrote: Well, this is something I have not seen, so I hope someone else can weigh in on it. ////jerry > > On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Dima wrote: > > > Hmmm. I am presuming you are booted from an install CD. > Yes, I'm booting from install CD. > > >> By the way there are some error messages regarding this on Ctrl+Alt+F2 > >> (during install), but they say nothing to me: > >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0 > >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0 > >> ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 > >> error=84 > >> LBA=0 > >> They're repeated 4 times. > > > > Hmmm. > > I don't remember seeing anything like those when I had the afore-mentioned > > problem. That looks like something is connected wrong or being addressed > > wrong. It isn't a geometry issue, I don't think. > > But Red Hat 9 still works fine on that hardware. What can be wrong? > > >> My HDD is Master on first IDE-channel, CD-ROM - Secondary on the same > >> channel. > > > > Can you find the dmesg information for both the disk and the CD reader > > during the boot? Are they producing device identifiers and specs that > > look correct? > > Those lines will start with 'adnn:' and 'acdnn:' where nn is a number, > > probably '0' (you hope). > > Yes, I can: > ad0: 238457 MB at ata0-master UDMA > acd0 ..... at ata0-slave looks fine too (I'm too lazy to copy it :) > Also I have ad2 and it seems fine on dmesg too. > After that goes > > ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0 > ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0 > ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 > > and repeats 3 times. > >