FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

[Dima]

> On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Dima wrote:

> Hmmm.   I am presuming you are booted from an install CD.
Yes, I'm booting from install CD.

>> By the way there are some error messages regarding this on Ctrl+Alt+F2
>> (during install), but they say nothing to me:
>> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
>> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
>> ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR>
>> error=84<ICRC,ABORTED>
>> LBA=0
>> They're repeated 4 times.
>
> Hmmm.
> I don't remember seeing anything like those when I had the afore-mentioned
> problem.  That looks like something is connected wrong or being addressed
> wrong.  It isn't a geometry issue, I don't think.

But Red Hat 9 still works fine on that hardware. What can be wrong?

>> My HDD is Master on first IDE-channel, CD-ROM - Secondary on the same
>> channel.
>
> Can you find the dmesg information for both the disk and the CD reader
> during the boot?   Are they producing device identifiers and specs that
> look correct?
> Those lines will start with 'adnn:' and 'acdnn:' where nn is a number,
> probably '0' (you hope).

Yes, I can:
ad0: 238457 MB <WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 08.02D08> at ata0-master UDMA
acd0 ..... at ata0-slave looks fine too (I'm too lazy to copy it :)
Also I have ad2 and it seems fine on dmesg too.
After that goes

ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR>

and repeats 3 times.