Promise SATA controller / Maxtor drive problems (resolved)

[Øyvind Skaar]

> I've got a Promise SATAII 150 TX2plus (pci) 
controller connected to my Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard.
> The drive in question is a Maxtor 6B200M0.
> 
> First of all, when the drive is connected I can't get
any resent FreeBSD boot cd to do anything but a "intsant reboot"
- it starts to load, some text flashes and the computer reboots.
> 
> When booting from floppies or with the drive disconnected
(just reconnect it when I get to the menu) I get this:
> 
> 
> ad4:  Maxtor 6B200M0 BANC1B70
> ad4:  398297088 sectors [395136C/16H/63S] 16 sectors/intrupts 1 
depth queue
> ad4:  Promise check1 failed
> ad4:  Adaptec check1 failed
> ad4:  LSI (v3) check1 failed
> ad4:  LSI (v2) check1 failed
> ad4:  FreeBSD check1 failed
> GEOM: new disk ad4


Just for the record, I got 6.1 rel. installed by disabling firewire 
(1394) in the bios (this seems like an A7N8X related issue) and boot 
with the drive disconnected. (just connected it when I got to "the menu")

Still don't know why the cd's wont boot with the SATA drive connected, 
but since it's only a problem under the initial install I don't really 
care enough to investigate it..

6.1 is running great :)

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