Are you using an old ordinary IDE cable or the super special high density go-fast new style IDE cable?
Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of BSD Mail > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 7:28 PM > To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: ATA problem > > > Hello, I'm having a problem installing any version of FreeBSD 5.2 and > above on a EIDE Western Digital Caviar 80GB. That system was running > 4.x without any problems for over 2 years. When I planned to install > 5.3 I got the error below. I thought at first it's HD jumper settings > "not that I changed the current settings" Then I thought it's the IDE > bus. I did further debugging. I installed different types of Linux and > Windows 2k and I got no problem with the HD. I'm able to install > FreeBSD 5.1 and any prior release with no problem. > > I read some threads about 5.3 having problems with some IDEs. If > that's the case, what is your suggestion ? I want to take advantage of > the nice features in 5.3 plus I got my DVD burner identified for the > first time under 5.3. > > After I boot from CD to proceed with a clean install. When I get > hardware probing, as I reach the 'ata' part I get the message below > and everything just freeze there. I have to do a hard boot. > > ad0: 76293MB <WDC WD800BB-75FRA0> [155009/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 > ata1-master: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY > status=7f<READY,DMA_READY,DSC,DRQ,CORRECT,INDEX,ERROR> > error=7f<UNCORRECTABLE,MEDIA_CHANGED,NID_NOT_FOUND,MEDIA_CHAN.. REQUEST,ABORTED,NO_MEDIA,ILLEGAL_LENGTH> > LBA=0 > > Thank you, > > -- > Regards, > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
