At 03:52 AM 8/10/2007, ev wrote:

>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

If you add

hw.ata.ata_dma=0
hw.ata.atapi_dma=0

to your /boot/loader.conf
does it make the errors go away with the hard drive in ?

         ---Mike

>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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