FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE - ata0-master: FAILURE

Fri Dec 31 09:11:12 PST 2004

Issue: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE default boot method does not boot
Errors: ata0-master: FAILURE ATAPI_IDENTIFY timed out

Work Around: boot to safe mode (meaning unattended boots do not work!)

Previous References:

http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-questions/2004-December/067082.html

Yes, using safe mode does allow me to install FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE,
and I can boot using safe mode, but this means an
"unattended boot" fails since a human must select "3" from
the list of boot options (presented with the ASCII Beastie).

I have tried all of the suggestions:

   hw.ata.ata_dma="0" in the boot/loader.conf
   hint.acpi.0.disabled in boot/device.hints 
      (i.e. hint.acpi.0.disabled="1")

I tried disabling the CD all together via the BIOS.
I have tried to remake the kernel without any ata support at all.

Nothing appears to make this beast boot in an "unattended boot" mode.

Freebsdmall.com does not respond to install support questions
(and I am tempted to return the CD set, but I using it now ...)

I want a simple "unattended boot", even if it is
"safe mode", without having to select the non-default
"safe mode" boot method "3".

Any clues out there?

Hardware: MS-9246 1U Rackmount (aka X2-102)
   http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=X2-102S3R&class=spd
Onboard NIC, Onboard SCSI, 2 SCSI disks, no raid, no ide.

At (default) boot time (failure), the message I do __NOT__ get is
  acd0: CDROM <SR244W/T01A> at ata0-master PIO4
and I get the ata0-master: FAILURE instead.

All told, I am not sure how to resolve this issue for a production machine
about to be CO-located (in about 72 hours).

Below is a listing of a 'safe mode' boot.

If anyone has any clues about this, please contact me somehow
(I am not a list member, so please send email, call collect,
send out smoke signals, anything!)

Regards to all. Happy New Year.

-cc

John Bolding
HorseWeb.com
(520) 742-7897

email: john at horseweb.com
       john.bolding at gmail.com

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FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Wed Dec 29 16:24:27 MST 2004
    john at xanthos.horseweb.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/XANTHOS
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz (2992.51-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf41  Stepping = 1
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs
real memory  = 3489071104 (3327 MB)
avail memory = 3418181632 (3259 MB)
npx0: [FAST]
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> pcibus 0 on motherboard
pir0: <PCI Interrupt Routing Table: 33 Entries> on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
pci0: <unknown> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 1.0 (no driver attached)
pcib1: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
pcib2: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci1
pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib2
em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.35> port 0x3000-0x303f mem 0xd0120000-0xd013ffff irq 10 at device 1.0 on pci2
em0: Ethernet address: 00:11:09:3c:60:74
em0:  Speed:N/A  Duplex:N/A
em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.35> port 0x3040-0x307f mem 0xd0140000-0xd015ffff irq 10 at device 1.1 on pci2
em1: Ethernet address: 00:11:09:3c:60:75
em1:  Speed:N/A  Duplex:N/A
ahd0: <Adaptec AIC7902 Ultra320 SCSI adapter> port 0x2000-0x20ff,0x2400-0x24ff mem 0xd0100000-0xd0101fff irq 10 at device 3.0 on pci2
ahd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X 50-66Mhz, 512 SCBs
ahd1: <Adaptec AIC7902 Ultra320 SCSI adapter> port 0x2800-0x28ff,0x2c00-0x2cff mem 0xd0102000-0xd0103fff irq 10 at device 3.1 on pci2
ahd1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X 50-66Mhz, 512 SCBs
pcib3: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.2 on pci1
pci3: <PCI bus> on pcib3
pcib4: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
pci4: <PCI bus> on pcib4
pcib5: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 5.0 on pci0
pci5: <PCI bus> on pcib5
pcib6: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 6.0 on pci0
pci6: <PCI bus> on pcib6
pcib7: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
pci7: <PCI bus> on pcib7
uhci0: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-A> port 0x1400-0x141f irq 10 at device 29.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb0: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-B> port 0x1420-0x143f irq 10 at device 29.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb1: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-C> port 0x1440-0x145f irq 10 at device 29.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb2: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci3: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-D> port 0x1460-0x147f irq 10 at device 29.3 on pci0
uhci3: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb3: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-D> on uhci3
usb3: USB revision 1.0
uhub3: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 29.7 (no driver attached)
pcib8: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci8: <PCI bus> on pcib8
pci8: <display, VGA> at device 4.0 (no driver attached)
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel ICH5 UDMA100 controller> port 0x14a0-0x14af,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 31.1 on pci0
ata0: channel #0 on atapci0
ata1: channel #1 on atapci0
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
cpu0 on motherboard
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xcc000-0xccfff,0xcb000-0xcbfff,0xc0000-0xcafff on isa0
pmtimer0 on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x64,0x60 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
fdc0: [FAST]
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
ppc0: parallel port not found.
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
sio1: type 16550A
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources (port)
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2992511970 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
acd0: CDROM <SR244W/T01A> at ata0-master PIO4
Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
(probe23:ahd1:0:9:0): No or incomplete CDB sent to device.
ahd1: Issued Channel A Bus Reset. 9 SCBs aborted
ses0 at ahd1 bus 0 target 9 lun 0
ses0: <SDR GEM318 0> Fixed Processor SCSI-2 device 
ses0: 3.300MB/s transfers
ses0: SAF-TE Compliant Device
da0 at ahd1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <QUANTUM ATLAS10K3_18_SCA 020W> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device 
da0: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da0: 17537MB (35916548 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2235C)
da1 at ahd1 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
da1: <MAXTOR ATLASU320_18_SCA B430> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device 
da1: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da1: 17537MB (35916548 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2235C)
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a
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