I recently had trouble installing FreeBSD 6.2 on a 4801 due to a DMA issue. What I figured out was that I needed to disable "ATA-DMA" in FreeBSD for the box to correctly work w/ my drive. I did this by adding the line: hw.ata.ata_dma="0" to boot/device.hints on my tftp server. There may be a related issue w/ DMA support on the 5501. In my case, I was having trouble installing the o/s via PXE. Perhaps when you rebuilt the kernel something changed to cause the problem?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ev Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 3:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Soekris] 5501 reboot problem and TIMEOUT problems and ..... booting from the Flash with the non recognized hard drive installed causes these errors in the boot seq. (6.2 release FreeBSD) ... I remove the HDrive and the errors disappear 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/5501-reboot-problem-tf4005578.html#a12086921 Sent from the Soekris - Technical mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
