> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 4:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Problems with SATA drive on a Shuttle > > > Hi. > I'm having problems with FBSD 5.4-S on a machine I built. > It is a Shuttle XPC with SATA150 drives. > > This is typical of the messages I get: > initiate_write_filepage: already started > ad5: WARNING no status, reselecting device > ad5: timeout sending command=ca > ad5: error issuing WRITE_DMA command > > I found some hits on the mailing list indicating a possible hardware > problem. > I have replaced both SATA drives and switched the SATA > connections from > the secondary socket to the primary socket. > (The drive controller is built into the motherboard.) > This happens on both drives but the one with the / filesystem is hit > harder with this. > I have swap partitions on both drives. > Nothing has helped. > > I'm considering installing Suse Linux on the machine to see > of it is a > software problem with FreeBSD. > I've also thought about trying one of the 6.0-BETAs to see if that > makes a difference. > > Any ideas would be welcome. > Thanks...
It does matter what controller you have on your m'board. See man ata. Also, 6.0 is far better than 5.4 IMHO for this support at least. -gayn _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
