Im having the same problem as this on a Dell Optiplex GX280 with a SATA HD.
I tried making a iso from preview and that also failed. -Kevink On 4/6/06, Terry Tree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/6/06, David Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andreas Hauser wrote: > > > > > bsddiy wrote @ Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:27:02 +0800: > > >> Chuck Tuffli wrote: > > >> > > >> > On 4/4/06, David Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> >> Is there any dragonflybsd .iso I can install on intel ICH7 > > >> >> south bridge based machine ? > > >> > > > >> > I was able to install 1.4 on a ECS PF5 Extreme (Intel 945 based w/ > > >> > ICH7). Using a SATA-II drive didn't work (NCQ maybe?), but I was able > > >> > to install the OS without any other trouble on a regular IDE drive. > > >> > Hope that helps. > > >> > > > >> > ---chuck > > >> > > >> Yes, it is Intel 945, and dual-core Pentium-D, the > > >> HDD is SATA disk, and supports NCQ, is this the problem ? > > > > > > NCQ on itself shouldn't matter. > > > What is the problem exactly? Maybe you can post the dmesg? > > > Or did the iso fail to boot at all? > > > > > > The only problem i had with SATA was that the boot0 couldn't > > > find the SATA drives so i had to use an ATA drive for the loader > > > but that was with another controller, not ICH7. > > > > > > > > > > It is the kernel's problem, it did not find any disk/disc controller, > > dmesg looks like this: > > Mounting root from: cd9660:cd0c > > no such device 'cd' > > setrootbyname failed > > is_mountroot: can't find rootvp > > Root mount failed: 6 > > Mount root from cd9660:acd0c > > no such device 'acd' > > setrootbyname failed > > iso_mountroot: can't find rootvp > > Root mount failed: 6 > > Mounting root from cd9660:cd1c > > no such device 'cd' > > setrootbyname failed > > iso_mountroot: can't find rootvp > > .. > > I see these messages on my machines too, but my machines boot up fine. > Most of my machines are intel p4. > >
