RELENG_6 SATA drive error

[Michael C. Shultz]

> Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> >I have one IDE and two SATA drives in my system.  With
> >FreeBSD 5.4 the system would not boot from the SATA
> >drive so I use the IDE as the primary then mount
> >the SATA drives in fstab.  I tried upgrading to RELENG_6
> >and with the new kernel one of the SATA drives errors
> >out and so can't be mounted.  I don't have the error message
> >using the 6.0 kernel but here is dmesg from 5.4 if it helps:
> >
> >ad4: 76319MB <WDC WD800JD-00HKA0/13.03G13> [155061/16/63] at ata2-master
> >SATA150
> >ad6: 114473MB <WDC WD1200JD-00HBB0/08.02D08> [232581/16/63] at ata3-master
> >SATA150
> >
> >It is at4 that is failing with 6.0, this drive never gives any problem
> > under 5.4.  Both SATA drives are plugged into the same really cheap addon
> > pci card.
> >
> >I'll be happy to provide more detail if requested and I'm able.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >-Mike
> >

On Tuesday 12 July 2005 11:36, Jayton Garnett wrote:
> Are you using the correct cables? I had a problem when I changed system
> cases and used the wrong cable when I put the drives back in (IDE cable
> instead of a SATA cable) I now have FreeBSD 5.4-p3 booting up fine and
> without error. I think this is a common problem, where people forget
> about the minor details(I am sure we are all guilty of this at some time)

Perhaps I was not clear in the original message: Both SATA drives work
under 5.4, only one works under 6.0.

-Mike