I am trying to install FreeBSD on the old computer I previously used as hardware tester.
However, after the boot menu it soon lands on the mountroot screen, instead of booting and starting the install.
There are constantly messages reporting some "CAM command timeout" failure with ATA_IDENTIFY and ATAPI_IDENTIFY coming from aprobe0:ahcich1 and aprobe1:ahcich2.
Apparently this is a deadloop of unsuccessful retrying all slots.
What I now do not understand:
The computer works flawlessly with all Linux and Windows versions I ran on it.
With these, there is not a single hint that something could be wrong or unusual.
I tried also older versions of FreeBSD down to 10.1, all show the same issue, so it seems a FreeBSD problem.
The board is a Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H (specifications) with Phenom II 9850 X4 and 4GB RAM.
DVD drive is SATA (either TSST, LG or Samsung) and works fine.
HDD is a bugged HLFS WD Velociraptor 300 GB.
BIOS is reset to "failsafe settings".
Any idea what I could do to get FreeBSD boot?
Any special boot options, for example?
However, after the boot menu it soon lands on the mountroot screen, instead of booting and starting the install.
There are constantly messages reporting some "CAM command timeout" failure with ATA_IDENTIFY and ATAPI_IDENTIFY coming from aprobe0:ahcich1 and aprobe1:ahcich2.
Apparently this is a deadloop of unsuccessful retrying all slots.
What I now do not understand:
The computer works flawlessly with all Linux and Windows versions I ran on it.
With these, there is not a single hint that something could be wrong or unusual.
I tried also older versions of FreeBSD down to 10.1, all show the same issue, so it seems a FreeBSD problem.
The board is a Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H (specifications) with Phenom II 9850 X4 and 4GB RAM.
DVD drive is SATA (either TSST, LG or Samsung) and works fine.
HDD is a bugged HLFS WD Velociraptor 300 GB.
BIOS is reset to "failsafe settings".
Any idea what I could do to get FreeBSD boot?
Any special boot options, for example?