> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Jeays > Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 4:28 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: DMA errors > > > I have a 40GB Maxtor D740X-6L disk, and have been unable to > install 5.4 or 6.0 on it. I get errors: > > ad0: FAILURE WRITE_DMA STATUS=51 <READY,DSC,ERROR> error=84 (IRC, > ABORTED) LBA=.. > > as soon as I try to commmit the changes in sysinstall. > > I have checked that the IDE cable is the 80-wire type, and cleaned up > the connections and so on. > > I tried installing Ubuntu on this disk, and everything went > perfectly. > (Those guys have done a really great job, by the way). > > Is there some configuration trick I have missed? >
Well, my first guess would be that you have a cable problem. Try a new cable and/or make sure that the disk is on the master plug (at the end of the 80-wire cable) and that the jumper on the drive is set to master (DS and not cable select CS). If you still have a problem, pls list mboard, controller, and give output of fdisk and bsdlabel. (Do the latter before trying the commit.) -gayn Bristol Systems Inc. 714/532-6776 www.bristolsystems.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
