FreeBSD 6.1 Installation problem

[Boris Samorodov]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:00:30 -0700 Mark Maddox wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > > "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.

Do you have any check utility for your harddrive?
Can you try the latest FreeBSD iso installation CD (seems it's a
BETA-3 now)? Not for a production use but at least to test.


WBR
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