Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 18:37:07 -0700 From: "Richard McCoy" <keyser456@verizon.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: READ_DMA errors preventing installation Message-ID: <0IH20011SPTWJ3U0@vms040.mailsrvcs.net>
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Hey everyone. I'm trying to start my fbsd experience and things aren't going so hot. I spent the entire day trying to get this to work, but to no avail: I tried two different fbsd versions (5.4 and 4.11), two different mobos (gigabyte ga-7n400 pro2, and another gigabyte mobo for amd-64, I don't know the model #), as well as three (!!!) different Maxtor IDE hard drives (60, 80, and 100 gb). The cds boot fine, but after I partition the hd (tried manual and auto settings) choose my packages and try to install, I immediately get an error, something to the effect of: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> I know at least the 100 gb hd is working great, and I suspect both the others are working properly. The only thing I can think of is it's a conflict with something on these Gigabyte mobos, like the ide controller, but I can't find anything that pans out into a solution anywhere on google. Is there a BIOS setting I need to enable/disable or what's the deal? FWIW I can't get any versions of Linux to work either (tried Red Hat 9.0 and Slackware umm. 10.1 I think, all with similar errors), but Windows XP works on both mobo setups. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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