i386/129542: FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 installer cannot find WD SATA hard drive with MCP73M01H1 mainboard (MCP73 SATA controller)

[Peter Bukowski]

>Number:         129542
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 installer cannot find WD SATA hard drive with MCP73M01H1 mainboard (MCP73 SATA controller)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
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>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 10 04:20:00 UTC 2008
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Peter Bukowski
>Release:        7.1-RC1
>Organization:
Not Relevant
>Environment:
>Description:
I ran the installer for FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 i386 on a Compaq Presario desktop equipped with an MCP73M01H1 class mainboard. I have read about this problem with past releases (Bug# 126666) and there was some suggestion there was to be a fix. But this issue still remains in 7.1-RC1.
Any recent Linux version I have tried works well with the nVidia MCP73 SATA controller, and I've heard off a friend that OpenBSD 4.4 can successfully use it.
I guess this means no FreeBSD for me.

>How-To-Repeat:
Get a stock Compaq Presario sr5648f computer and run the F-BSD 7.1-RC1 installer. A message should come up saying No Hard Disk Media Found and advise you look in the docs to see if you disks are being probed rightly.
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