Problem Install Freebsd 5.3

[Chris]

John Palmer wrote:
> I have a SuperMicro Motherboard X6DHE-G2 with serial ata.  I am trying to
> install FreeBSD 5.3.
> When I boot it up from the cdrom and select "Boot FreeBSD [default]."  I 
> get
> an error of "ata2-master: FAILURE =ATA_IDENTIFY TIMED OUT."  The hard drive
> is not being detected.
> 
> If I boot it up in "FreeBSD safe mode,"  I dont get any errors and the hard
> drive is being detected.
> I have installed FreeBSD 5.3 in safe mode and installed the current updates
> without any problems.
> 
> The only problem I have is after rebooting the machine and booting it up in
> default mode.  It is not able to mount my root partition.  Also, I keep
> getting the error of "ata2-master: FAILURE=ATA_IDENTIFY TIMED OUT."  Has
> anybody run across this problem?  If so, I would like to know how the
> problem was fixed.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> JP


This is a question that ought to be asked in FreeBSD-Questions. Current 
is 6.0 and beyond.

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Best regards,
Chris

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