FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem

[Mark Maddox]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boris Samorodov [mailto:bsam at ipt.ru]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 8:50 AM
> To: Mark Maddox
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem
> 
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:02:14 -0700 Mark Maddox wrote:
> 
> > The cable is fine; I installed windows on the drive in the machine
that
> > is having problems, just to see if it would work.  I'm still trying
to
> > get FreeBSD 6.1 up
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lowell Gilbert
[mailto:freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:09 AM
> > To: Mark Maddox
> > Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem
> 
> > "Mark Maddox" <MMaddox at TMCDesign.com> writes:
> 
> > > I have an onboard Intel ICH7-M SATA controller with an SATA hard
drive
> > > and cdrom connected to it.  I am unable to install FreeBSD onto
the
> > > harddrive.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > According to the FreeBSD website ICH7 has been supported since
version
> > > 6.0
> > >
> > > I have tried putting the controller in Legacy Mode and tried
turning
> > > turned DMA off in on boot.  I have tested both of my SATA ports on
the
> > > motherboard to make sure they both work with an alternate
operating
> > > system (Windows) and they both worked.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have also installed the harddrive in another computer and
installed
> > > FreeBSD on it successfully and then (after testing it and booting
> > > successfully on that computer) put it in the machine I am having
the
> > > problems with only to have it start booting and then error out
with
> > > harddrive errors.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > During boot I get this error:
> > >
> > >  ad0: FAILURE -READ_DMA48 status=ff<BUSY,
> > > READY,DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECTABLE,INDEX,ERROR> error=0
LBA=390721967
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > During install the error I get is Error mounting /mnt/dev/ad0s1e
on
> > > /mnt/tmp : Input/output error
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=ff<BUSY,READY,
> > > DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECTABLE,INDEX,ERROR> error=0 LBA=9303631
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> > Sounds like controller problems.  I'd start by replacing the SATA
cable.
> 
> Windows throws those messages away. And you understand it when the
> data got lost.

I just tried a new cable and I get the same errors.

Windows worked fine on the machine, but I cannot use Windows for my
application.