From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 00:17:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1CC41065675 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:17:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2EEE8FC0A for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:17:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AEE95C26; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:23:26 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <489B90A1.5030603@hdk5.net> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:17:37 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "N.J. Thomas" References: <489AF8A7.1010400@overbo.no> <20080807220127.GD43268@zaph.org> In-Reply-To: <20080807220127.GD43268@zaph.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Snorre D. ?verb?" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk errors on installing FreeBSD 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:17:37 -0000 N.J. Thomas wrote: > * "Snorre D. ?verb?" [2008-08-07 15:29:11+0000]: >> When I boot up with the installation DVD these error messages appear >> on the screen. >> >> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 error=84 LBA=0055347 >> ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 error=84 LBA=0 >> etc > > I got the same exact errors trying to install 7.0-RELEASE on two > different Dell boxes. One was 4 years old, the other was brand new (3 > months ago). > > Never was able to fix the problem. For the older one, I plugged in an > external DVD drive and installed via that. For the other one, I > installed via a mini-install disk, and then did a minimal network > install. > > For the record, they both had SATA drives and the disks worked (and > still work) fine after the OS was installed. It was just copying the > base system off the CD that was causing errors. > > Thomas > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ****************************************888 Aloha, I am getting the same errors as you guys with an intermittient BIG_read one occasionally. I've tried to install FreeeBSD CURRENT 8 and 7 release. This is on a no name box with a bio board and 1100 cpu. I've had this on other boxes too and load IDE drives on a box that works with them and then put them in the box with errors and they work just fine. Every thing gets recognized normally at install time, but the size of the IDE drive a Fujutsu 20 gig. shows twice what it should be every time. Dont know if this has anything to do with it, except if you change the size in installer it wont load anything. Maybe one of the top level gurus on the list can help. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol