Hi, I'm trying to add a 120G IDE drive, and FreeBSD hangs during bootstrap.
My current storage configuration is 3 SCSI drives on an Adaptec controller 2 floppy drives (3+1/2 and 5+1/4 -- yes!) on the controller on the mobo (a Gigabyte GA-SINXP1394) 1 Sony CD-ROM on the ATA 0 on the mobo, master 1 Artec CD-RW on the ATA 1 on the mobo, master This configuration works fine. I tried to add the drive, an IBM (now Hitachi) 120G Deskstar, as a slave on the ATA 0 adaptor. The BIOS recognizes is, but during bootstrap I get a message saying that ATA 0 has timed out on some kind of tagged operation, followed by a message indicating a reset and three dots, and no newline. The bootstrap stops right here. I've tried making the new drive the master, with and without the CD-ROM, running that cable off the other IDE interface, and replacing the cable, all with no change. I've even checked the voltages on the board side of the power connector, and felt the drive as it powers up (vibration suggests both rotation and a few seeks). I've got an Antec 420W power supply, so there should be enough juice. A drive problem seems unlikely; this was a new disk sealed in silver mylar and I expect these drives to be rock-solid. (Should I doubt this?) I'll be grateful for any help you can offer. I'm not a subscriber to the hardware list (but I did search it for likely articles), so please reply on freebsd-questions, or reply to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Mark Terribile __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"