Hi Guys As Bill very correctly wrote, it was a question about adding the line: ' hw.ata.ata_dma="0" ' to /tftpboot/boot/device.hints on my tftp server
Thanks for the help ///Thomas Bill Maas wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 22:39 +0200, Thomas Elsgaard wrote: > >> Hi Guys >> >> I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.2 via PXE boot on a 4801, and the PXE >> boot goes well, but when i am starting to install the OS, i am getting >> following error from the installer: >> >> Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in /dev >> >> And following is printed to screen: >> >> ata0: FAILURE - non aligned DMA transfer attempted >> ad0: setting up DMA failed >> ata0: FAILURE - non aligned DMA transfer >> attempted >> ad0: setting up DMA >> failed >> ata0: FAILURE - non aligned DMA transfer >> attempted >> ad0: setting up DMA failed >> >> The disk is an Hitachi Travelstar, model: HTE726060M9AT00 >> >> I know for the sure that the disk is working OK >> >> So what can be wrong? >> > > http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2005-December/009733.html > http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2007-July/012532.html > > Bill > > >> ///Thomas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
