From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 6 03:29:37 2012 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 09A5D1065670 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 03:29:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm7.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (nm7.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [98.139.52.204]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AC0CA8FC08 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 03:29:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.52.188] by nm7.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Jan 2012 03:16:33 -0000 Received: from [98.139.52.174] by tm1.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Jan 2012 03:16:33 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1057.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Jan 2012 03:16:33 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 148260.27940.bm@omp1057.mail.ac4.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 87887 invoked by uid 60001); 6 Jan 2012 03:16:32 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1325819792; bh=+kALH2vAAmaKECHUotTMdSoHU8p5dtLwo9vCNaKADOc=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=HBNRrQYZLhRf4KNRQXvVe3ewBfwhEB8D/G/TQJP3AAUG0J3IGERZSPEsFNQjicf5Dw4xCW1/3XJtnlxCKZEOamoT1lKGYj6hJQNLtFLFRUJKfAibprM6VjJhnfYZkV2aEeTwr2qrndD/qkVJb7suyMWjcEkKHttidwK9TI7R+M4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=BawtZrL/sYqAq5+BJJSsChRCOwLs3RfeurAPwWMsPC8L+6z1/OV7nG2l8XbIMhUieTB3NaV+Srb3M9vXtXDmLkzRY81MTpfYoXd3xmlDW2jHFQnJf1BYACgirGb4kfILB9i/ZYgA06LAD0W1xBq3OjbfpGrK6abaDZT+iIE0ym4=; X-YMail-OSG: lWa7r5wVM1kKLQSNW8l_scg70wpqHcUcxY9Bu2bFz3oYoQl .aUbrXC2pMWCvT8q1J9ihOG5ViB4mo8OuN7OPzjquPBbydl_ZIux7cDwi8KL Q49iabXYExwuY1LLzgmvuTfawmYuvzzJfXzrFin9cK_INbWsrdd6x0UFohvZ YQHWKB.ePWICBmqJh32zjJLW8CfiBQyiEjvy7vVQTqgrZcPWdYrnnjZyUYAr 0HQxHqa8n8FYvm9DXyqmaEB1Jc0w_rFGKCwborSa1tEFMn5JuMEY2OG.W7nF teLIIKDvNqfMO1oo3w8HOjkxwcekMqz4lVyjW4Ir1DwfZcR_OK7uZ5SMS6FI B42t7iln2NI5EjNuYSqOKXF45klfgp2LEz3HiegHYbStDayt8VyTfxrs_WpI eX.VRqtGFTmSflKwxRQVvwfdaOeQk_udIvDNqXBgt5e6R1sMCQ5xp4QzQ95d oxzY.GSQ_ Received: from [98.203.44.66] by web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:16:32 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.115.331698 References: <4F0517BA.1050405@mykitchentable.net> Message-ID: <1325819792.82542.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:16:32 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Tillman To: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <4F0517BA.1050405@mykitchentable.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: 9.0-RELEASE amd64 Bricked My Hard Drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bill Tillman List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:29:37 -0000 Today I encountered a problem which has me stumped. I downloaded and=0Aburn= ed the ISO image for 9.0-RELEASE for amd64. I=A0 installed an older=0AIDE h= ard drive to test the new OS with and did the install. I was very=0Asurpris= ed at the (1) the dvd is actually a live CD if you wanted it to be=0Aand (2= ) the installers screens have all been revamped. I can't say for sure=0Aif = the partitioning part was where it went south on me because I was=0Aattempt= ing to setup some additional partitions but the input screens had=0Ame conf= used and I pressed Auto so it took off and made the default=0Aparitions. I = thought cool, I'll let the install finish and check things out then=0Areins= tall later with the partition setup I wanted. Well the install finished and= =0Athen I attempted to reboot the system but nothing happened. And by that = I=0Amean the computer's flash screen would come up and give me the choice= =0Ato enter the Bios Setup or Boot Menu and that's all. I could not enter t= he=0Abios setup or the Boot menu. The keyboard was still responding as I=0A= could press the CapLock key and toggle the light on and off, but outside=0A= of that the computer would not boot. On the advice of some of the techs=0Ai= n #FreeBSD channel I=A0moved the drive over to another computer which=0Awas= working fine, and the same thing happened. The computer would=0Astart up, = show me the flash screen to do the Bios setup and then nothing.=0AI put the= other drive back in and it worked fine. I tried another computer=0Aand the= results were the same. Now it gets really wierd. I thought that I=0Acould = just make this IDE drive a slave and boot with another drive and=0Acleanup = the mess. But no matter which computer I chose, and no matter=0Ahow I setup= the Slave/Master drive, as long as this drive which I had=0Ainstalled Free= BSD-9.0-amd64 was in the loop, the computer would=0Alockup at the bios scre= en. I could not get anything to boot if this drive=0Awas in the loop. If I = removed it everything was fine. So basically,=0AFreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE bricked= an otherwise good 80GB hard drive=0Aand I can't seem to recover it.=0A=A0= =0AAny suggestions would be appreciated.=A0=A0