Re: Has anyone seen the ATA driver timeout issue again?

[Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 11:14:00AM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
: 
: :I know the first release is coming up, but every time I have tried to
: :install, I run into this ATA driver timeout issue.
: :
: :Has it appeared again or been fixed?
: :
: :
: :jm
: :-- 
: :My other computer is your Windows box.
: 
:     I think it could still be an issue because I think Hiten actually got it
:     on a vmware drive once, but we've been unable to reproduce the bug
:     well enough to track it down and fix it.
: 
:     I would try again.  Are you seeing it on a workstation or a laptop?
:     If you can reproduce the bug definitively and its a small workstation
:     maybe we can arrange a machine swap or something to get the box to one
:     of us who can debug the problem.

I'm just not sure if this is workable.  I put the same drive in a Dell and
couldn't get past the device/slice name in the installation.  I was hoping
if the Dell installed, then my controller would be the issue.  My laptop has
some really important stuff I use often.

Anyway, I find it hard to believe no one has had a similar problem yet.  I
know it's an older laptop, but it IS a P2, and it DOES run FreeBSD
flawlessly.  But every time I try DFly, it chokes.

I saw the post about the ATA fixes.  I don't think they have any bearing on
my box, but I was hopeful maybe someone else could reproduce my issue.

jm