From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 22:47:28 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B5FC16A41C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:47:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from markir@paradise.net.nz) Received: from linda-2.paradise.net.nz (bm-2a.paradise.net.nz [202.0.58.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E75443D1F for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:47:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from markir@paradise.net.nz) Received: from smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (smtp-3a.paradise.net.nz [202.0.32.196]) by linda-2.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz) with ESMTP id <0IIX002QG5Z21C@linda-2.paradise.net.nz> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:47:26 +1200 (NZST) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (218-101-14-11.paradise.net.nz [218.101.14.11]) by smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABADAAE346; Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:47:25 +1200 (NZST) Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:47:24 +1200 From: Mark Kirkwood In-reply-to: <200506301612.03468.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Daniel O'Connor Message-id: <42C4767C.4010306@paradise.net.nz> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050511) References: <200506251540.50639.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <42BDF580.3040400@paradise.net.nz> <20050628232336.S3088@carver.gumbysoft.com> <200506301612.03468.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.4 Installer + Promise FT100TX2 = Loader crash X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:47:28 -0000 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