> > Hi all, > > During FreeBSD 6.2 installation, the process failed because > of errors like the one below: > READ_DMA UDMA .... ICRC error LBA=37505132 > > I managed to install by setting hw.ata.ata_dma=0 at boot time > but the same errors occur after installation and at boot time > so I had to put hw.ata.ata_dma=0 in loader.conf and now the > system is working. > > I checked my hard disk which a 80GB Western Digital+ > thoroughly and there were no errors reported (using fsck in > single user mode). Also I used to install Fedora Linux on > this disk without any problems. > > It looks that disabling DMA caused my disk to work with lower > performance. Am I right? If yes, are there any solutions to > eliminate those READ_DMA errors while DMA is enabled? > > Thanks in advance, > Bahman > > PS: > Motherboard: ASUS A7V8X-X > CPU: Athlon XP 2500 at 1833MHz > $ uname -ai > FreeBSD attila 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 > UTC 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > i386 GENERIC
Typically, I've seen the READ_DMA error when a hard drive is going bad or something wrong with the hardware (power supply is failing). But it could be as you've described. Tamouh _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"