"adrian esquivel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi! I've been trying to install FBSD on my computer, but I keep getting an >error message that I have absolutely no idea what it means. This is what I >get when I hit Alt+F2 > >DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for root filesystem >DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for swap partitions >ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=63 >ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=63 >ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=84<ICRC,ABORTED> >LBA=63 >ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=63 >ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=63 >ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=84<ICRC,ABORTED> >LBA=67 [snip]
I had similar errors reported when I tried to install FreeBSD from a CDRom drive which was connected to the motherboard with a standard udma(33?) ribbon cable (Yes write errors). Make sure your connectors are the better 80 conductor ones. -- John. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"