Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 14:03:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Randy Schultz <schulra@earlham.edu> To: Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/123495: 7.0 AMD64 doesn't install on a Dell SC1435 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.64.0805071355241.20626@tdream.lly.earlham.edu> In-Reply-To: <200805071739.RAA19648@sopwith.solgatos.com> References: <200805071739.RAA19648@sopwith.solgatos.com>
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On Wed, 7 May 2008, Dieter spaketh thusly: -}In message <200805071621.m47GLbCD018315@www.freebsd.org>, Randy Schultz writes: -}> FBSD 6.x AMD64 works great on this system, as does centos linux. When I try to install 7.0 (AMD64 of course), on boot (of -}>f the cdrom) I notice: -}> ad4: DMA limited to UDMA33, device found non-ATA66 cable -}> -}> Not sure if that is an important clue but it seems to be. I know my cables are SATA-II, FWIW. -} -}This means the kernel thinks that ad4 is PATA connected with a 40 wire cable -}rather than an 80 wire cable. (connector is 40 pins either way, extra wires -}are grounds) -} -}If ad4 is a PATA hard drive, it just means that the speed is limited to 33 MBps -}due to the old style cable. -} -}If there are no PATA hard drives connected, then this is an important clue. There no PATA drives, both are SATA-II's with SATA-II cables. FWIW, I forgot to mention that this problem happens both with a fresh install/drive format and with an upgrade from 6.3 -> 7.0. On the upgrade, I was following the instructions at http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-freebsd-server-upgrades/ After the reboot is when the errors start happening. -- Randy (schulra@earlham.edu) 765.983.1283 <*> Love with your heart, think with your head; not the other way around.
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