ATA problem

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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:25:41 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt
<tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> 
> Are you using an old ordinary IDE cable or the super special high
> density go-fast new style IDE cable?
> 
> Ted
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of BSD Mail
> > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 7:28 PM
> > To: FreeBSD-questions at freebsd.org
> > Subject: ATA problem
> >
> >
> > Hello, I'm having a problem installing any version of FreeBSD 5.2 and
> > above on a EIDE Western Digital Caviar 80GB. That system was running
> > 4.x without any problems for over 2 years. When I planned to install
> > 5.3 I got the error below. I thought at first it's HD jumper settings
> > "not that I changed the current settings" Then I thought it's the IDE
> > bus. I did further debugging. I installed different types of Linux and
> > Windows 2k and I got no problem with the HD.  I'm able to install
> > FreeBSD 5.1 and any prior release with no problem.
> >
> > I read some threads about 5.3 having problems with some IDEs. If
> > that's the case, what is your suggestion ? I want to take advantage of
> > the nice features in 5.3 plus I got my DVD burner identified for the
> > first time under 5.3.
> >
> > After I boot from CD to proceed with a clean install. When I get
> > hardware probing, as I reach  the 'ata' part I get the message below
> > and everything just freeze there. I have to do a hard boot.
> >
> > ad0: 76293MB <WDC WD800BB-75FRA0> [155009/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
> > ata1-master: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY
> > status=7f<READY,DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECT,INDEX,ERROR>
> > error=7f<UNCORRECTABLE,MEDIA_CHANGED,NID_NOT_FOUND,MEDIA_CHAN..
> REQUEST,ABORTED,NO_MEDIA,ILLEGAL_LENGTH>
> > LBA=0
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > --
> > Regards,

I'm using the same cables I've been using for long time. A round
Single IDE Ultra ATA Cable, 40c/80p  18 inch. I'm using the same exact
cable on 5 other FreeBSD machines with no problem at all.