Problem while installing FreeBSD 5.3 - ata0-master : FAILURE ATA IDENTIFY

From: Julián Herrera (listas.julianherrera_at_globo.com)
Date: 11/30/04

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    Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:44:40 -0300
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    Hello 4 all,

    I was starting to install FreeBSD 5.3 into 42 computers where I work as
    workstations when just at first installation i've got this uncommon
    problem. When kernel is finishing to load some messages like this appears:

    ata0-master : FAILURE ATA-IDENTIFY timed out

    After that, the installation program doesn't find any drive or partition
    to install. So, it's impossible to continue. When I tried to install
    again booting with Safe option, the installation program detects the
    drive but complain about its geometry, so I was in doubt to continue.
    This makes me think twice too soon (my first of 42 installations) if
    it's a good idea to migrate from Windows to FreeBSD here at my company,
    where FreeBSD has already been servicing the network infrastructure.

    The computer in question has a Soyo P4VGA-2AP1 motherboard with chipset
    VIA Apollo P4M266A and HD Samsung SP0411N.

    Thanks in advance,
    Julián Herrera
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