Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:47:24 +1200 From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.4 Installer + Promise FT100TX2 = Loader crash Message-ID: <42C4767C.4010306@paradise.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <200506301612.03468.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200506251540.50639.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <42BDF580.3040400@paradise.net.nz> <20050628232336.S3088@carver.gumbysoft.com> <200506301612.03468.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:57, Doug White wrote: > >>Try: >> >>. Zero off the first megabyte or so of the subdisks with dd or similar >> tool. >>. Force an array initialize from the controller BIOS. Wait for it to >> finish. >>. Install some other OS that recognizes the array, write the MBR and >> partition table, then install FreeBSD over it. >> >>Some controller BIOSen have been known to peek at the DOS partition table, >>and it may be jumping off into space if its seeing half a table from one >>disk, or something like that. These actions should blow away any bogus >>underlying data. > > > I can't try any of these things since I don't have any spare hard disks or > much time :( > > The disks I have used have been fresh from the maker so they shouldn't have > any trace of FreeBSD on them anyway. > I will have a look at these today. regards Mark
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