and ..... booting from the Flash with the non recognized harddrive installed
causes these errors  in the boot seq.  (6.2 release FreeBSD) ... I remove
the HDrive and the errors disapear

ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=6655
ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=7231
ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=7119
ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (0 retries left) LBA=7119
ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=7551
ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=6783
ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=20383
ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=107999
ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=108655
ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=107775
ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=108255
ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=107879   

PSU issue as stated 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-September/037382.html
here  
?

best regards   ervin 


Martin Johnson wrote:
> 
> I'm testing a 5501 with a Hitachi E7K100 IDE laptop drive, connected  
> using the cable from a 4801 and temporary (cardboard) mounting  
> hardware.    I'm not using  USB, CF, PCI or Mini-PCI cards.
> 
> I've installed FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE via TFTP and FTP using the  
> excellent notes at http://www.ultradesic.com.  I then csup'ed to  
> RELENG_6.2 and successfully ran a 'make world' in approx 6 hours.   
> All smooth and quiet.
> 
> Only problem seen so far is that the net5501 cannot see the hard disk  
> after a reboot.  That is, you need to hit the reset switch or power- 
> cycle the unit in order to be able to boot from the hard disk.   
> Otherwise, the machine reboots but the BIOS does not see the hard  
> disk. Is this a known issue?
> 
> PSU is a 12 Volt 1.2 Amp unit from an old Ethernet switch.
> 
> The boot-up messages and BIos SHOW parameters are as follows. (NB the  
> line "Pri Mas  HTE721010G9AT00                 LBA Xlt 1024-255-63   
> 97 Gbyte" does not appear after a reboot.)
> 
> Thanks for any pointers!
> 
> - Martin.
> 
> POST: 012345689bcefghips1234ajklnopqr,,,tvwxy
> 
> 
> comBIOS ver. 1.31m 20070606  Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Soekris  
> Engineering.
> 
> net5501
> 
> 0512 Mbyte Memory                        CPU Geode LX 500 Mhz
> 
> Pri Mas  HTE721010G9AT00                 LBA Xlt 1024-255-63  97 Gbyte
> 
> Slot   Vend Dev  ClassRev Cmd  Stat CL LT HT  Base1    Base2   Int
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 0:01:2 1022 2082 10100000 0006 0220 08 00 00 A0000000 00000000 10
> 0:06:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E101 A0004000 11
> 0:07:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E201 A0004100 05
> 0:08:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E301 A0004200 09
> 0:09:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E401 A0004300 12
> 0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 00006001 00006101
> 0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 00000000 00000000
> 0:20:4 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0005000 00000000 15
> 0:20:5 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 00000000 15
> 
> 4 Seconds to automatic boot.   Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor.
> 
> comBIOS Monitor.   Press ? for help.
> 
>  > show
> 
> ConSpeed = 9600
> ConLock = Enabled
> ConMute = Disabled
> BIOSentry = Enabled
> PCIROMS = Enabled
> PXEBoot = Enabled
> FLASH = Secondary
> BootDelay = 5
> FastBoot = Disabled
> BootPartition = Disabled
> BootDrive = 80 FF FF FF
> ShowPCI = Enabled
> Reset = Hard
> 
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