Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 07:48:44PM +0200, Dima wrote:

Well, this is something I have not seen, so I hope someone else 
can weigh in on it.

jerry


  On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Dima wrote:
 
  Hmmm.   I am presuming you are booted from an install CD.
 Yes, I'm booting from install CD.
 
  By the way there are some error messages regarding this on Ctrl+Alt+F2
  (during install), but they say nothing to me:
  ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
  ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
  ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51READY,DSC,ERROR
  error=84ICRC,ABORTED
  LBA=0
  They're repeated 4 times.
 
  Hmmm.
  I don't remember seeing anything like those when I had the afore-mentioned
  problem.  That looks like something is connected wrong or being addressed
  wrong.  It isn't a geometry issue, I don't think.
 
 But Red Hat 9 still works fine on that hardware. What can be wrong?
 
  My HDD is Master on first IDE-channel, CD-ROM - Secondary on the same
  channel.
 
  Can you find the dmesg information for both the disk and the CD reader
  during the boot?   Are they producing device identifiers and specs that
  look correct?
  Those lines will start with 'adnn:' and 'acdnn:' where nn is a number,
  probably '0' (you hope).
 
 Yes, I can:
 ad0: 238457 MB WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 08.02D08 at ata0-master UDMA
 acd0 . at ata0-slave looks fine too (I'm too lazy to copy it :)
 Also I have ad2 and it seems fine on dmesg too.
 After that goes
 
 ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
 ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51READY,DSC,ERROR
 
 and repeats 3 times.
 
 
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FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-27 Thread Dima
Hi all.
 I have Red Hat Linux 9 running on my server with HDD Western Digital
WD2500JB (250 GB IDE). I'd like to move to FreeBSD 6.1.
 During install from CD setup doesn't recognize geometry of my HDD (it
says 484521/16/63 is wrong geometry and switches it to 30401/255/63, but
after that still can't write anything). Red Hat works with geometry
30401/255/63. Also I've tried to enter data from BIOS - it doesn't help
too.
 On HDD's manufacturer site I've read, that recommended geometry is cyls
16383, secs 63; total sector count - 488 397 168.

 Can someone help me to solve this problem?

 Thank you.

 Dmitriy.

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Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-27 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 01:10:16PM +0200, Dima wrote:

 Hi all.
  I have Red Hat Linux 9 running on my server with HDD Western Digital
 WD2500JB (250 GB IDE). I'd like to move to FreeBSD 6.1.
  During install from CD setup doesn't recognize geometry of my HDD (it
 says 484521/16/63 is wrong geometry and switches it to 30401/255/63, but
 after that still can't write anything). Red Hat works with geometry
 30401/255/63. Also I've tried to enter data from BIOS - it doesn't help
 too.
  On HDD's manufacturer site I've read, that recommended geometry is cyls
 16383, secs 63; total sector count - 488 397 168.
 
  Can someone help me to solve this problem?

Usually, with FreeBSD, you just ignore those geometry messages.
This should be especially true if you plan to use the whole disk
for FreeBSD.The geometry that is reported is virtual and does
not really mean anything for you.Don't try to do anything to the 
BIOS settings for it either.Just take the [fdisk] option that says 
to create one large slice comprising the whole disk for FreeBSD and it 
should overwrite everything nicely.

If this doesn't work then it will be necessary to know more about
just what kind of disk you are trying to use.

jerry

 
  Thank you.
 
  Dmitriy.
 
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Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-27 Thread Dima
 On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 01:10:16PM +0200, Dima wrote:
 Usually, with FreeBSD, you just ignore those geometry messages.
 This should be especially true if you plan to use the whole disk
 for FreeBSD.The geometry that is reported is virtual and does
 not really mean anything for you.Don't try to do anything to the
 BIOS settings for it either.Just take the [fdisk] option that says
 to create one large slice comprising the whole disk for FreeBSD and it
 should overwrite everything nicely.

 If this doesn't work then it will be necessary to know more about
 just what kind of disk you are trying to use.

I've tried to create one large slice too. All goes fine until Commit. When
install tries to write on disk it shows:
ERROR: Unable to write data to disk ad0!

By the way there are some error messages regarding this on Ctrl+Alt+F2
(during install), but they say nothing to me:
ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51READY,DSC,ERROR error=84ICRC,ABORTED
LBA=0
They're repeated 4 times.

My HDD is Master on first IDE-channel, CD-ROM - Secondary on the same
channel.


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Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-27 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Dima wrote:

  On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 01:10:16PM +0200, Dima wrote:
  Usually, with FreeBSD, you just ignore those geometry messages.
  This should be especially true if you plan to use the whole disk
  for FreeBSD.The geometry that is reported is virtual and does
  not really mean anything for you.Don't try to do anything to the
  BIOS settings for it either.Just take the [fdisk] option that says
  to create one large slice comprising the whole disk for FreeBSD and it
  should overwrite everything nicely.
 
  If this doesn't work then it will be necessary to know more about
  just what kind of disk you are trying to use.
 
 I've tried to create one large slice too. All goes fine until Commit. When
 install tries to write on disk it shows:
 ERROR: Unable to write data to disk ad0!

Hmmm.   I am presuming you are booted from an install CD.
The times I have seen this message are when I tried to fdisk a
drive that had stuff currently mounted and/or was the disk I
was booted to.

 By the way there are some error messages regarding this on Ctrl+Alt+F2
 (during install), but they say nothing to me:
 ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
 ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51READY,DSC,ERROR error=84ICRC,ABORTED
 LBA=0
 They're repeated 4 times.

Hmmm.   
I don't remember seeing anything like those when I had the afore-mentioned 
problem.  That looks like something is connected wrong or being addressed 
wrong.  It isn't a geometry issue, I don't think. 

 My HDD is Master on first IDE-channel, CD-ROM - Secondary on the same
 channel.

Can you find the dmesg information for both the disk and the CD reader
during the boot?   Are they producing device identifiers and specs that 
look correct?
Those lines will start with 'adnn:' and 'acdnn:' where nn is a number,
probably '0' (you hope).

jerry

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Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-27 Thread Dima
 On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Dima wrote:

 Hmmm.   I am presuming you are booted from an install CD.
Yes, I'm booting from install CD.

 By the way there are some error messages regarding this on Ctrl+Alt+F2
 (during install), but they say nothing to me:
 ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
 ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51READY,DSC,ERROR
 error=84ICRC,ABORTED
 LBA=0
 They're repeated 4 times.

 Hmmm.
 I don't remember seeing anything like those when I had the afore-mentioned
 problem.  That looks like something is connected wrong or being addressed
 wrong.  It isn't a geometry issue, I don't think.

But Red Hat 9 still works fine on that hardware. What can be wrong?

 My HDD is Master on first IDE-channel, CD-ROM - Secondary on the same
 channel.

 Can you find the dmesg information for both the disk and the CD reader
 during the boot?   Are they producing device identifiers and specs that
 look correct?
 Those lines will start with 'adnn:' and 'acdnn:' where nn is a number,
 probably '0' (you hope).

Yes, I can:
ad0: 238457 MB WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 08.02D08 at ata0-master UDMA
acd0 . at ata0-slave looks fine too (I'm too lazy to copy it :)
Also I have ad2 and it seems fine on dmesg too.
After that goes

ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51READY,DSC,ERROR

and repeats 3 times.


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Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-27 Thread Amit Joshi
On Monday 27 November 2006 23:18, Dima wrote:
  On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Dima wrote:
 
trimmed

  By the way there are some error messages regarding this on Ctrl+Alt+F2
  (during install), but they say nothing to me:
  ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
  ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
  ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51READY,DSC,ERROR
  error=84ICRC,ABORTED
  LBA=0
  They're repeated 4 times.
 
trimmed

 Yes, I can:
 ad0: 238457 MB WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 08.02D08 at ata0-master UDMA
 acd0 . at ata0-slave looks fine too (I'm too lazy to copy it :)
 Also I have ad2 and it seems fine on dmesg too.
 After that goes

 ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
 ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0
 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51READY,DSC,ERROR

 and repeats 3 times.

Well..I installed the FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE release lately, and everything went 
fine as far as the install was concerned. Yeah, I had some problems getting 
KDE to work properly, cuz of some issues with the Xserver, but they could be 
dealt with. So for a couple of days, I must say that FreeBSD was working 
fine. 

Then I was looking for some way of mounting the FreeBSD partition on Linux 
and/or vice-versa. But I couldn't do it. 

The next time I tried booting to FreeBSD, I am getting the same errors that 
you are!!! This time, I have no clue to what went wrong! 
Is this a known bug or something?
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Regards, 
Amit.
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