Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:14:42 -1000 From: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> Cc: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 9.0-RELEASE amd64 Bricked My Hard Drive Message-ID: <4F075632.6020305@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <CAFuo_fwQv2TTcyaOBW19njSJuc0EDg17hYUxmD0bHDrgbF%2B3yQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <4F0517BA.1050405@mykitchentable.net> <1325819792.82542.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <CAFuo_fxUsvtNbRRy4WS34hW9=JCEhKAMYQd7h9cKseDDd%2Bdh2w@mail.gmail.com> <1325848888.86578.YahooMailNeo@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <CAFuo_fwQv2TTcyaOBW19njSJuc0EDg17hYUxmD0bHDrgbF%2B3yQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Waitman Gobble wrote: > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I had been running a similar computer with Windows XP with it. The >> drive was working fine a few moments before I did the install. I have >> a utility to test hard drives which boots from CD but like I said, when >> this drive is on a cable connected to any machine, booting is a >> non-option. I have an old IDE controller but it's ISA and I have >> not ISA slots on this computer. Looks like I may have to try the USB >> drive boot option to get on with this rescue. >> >> > Weirdness.. ok, i was wondering - you said you installed an old drive to > check it out, and I was thinking hmm 80gb, maybe setting on the shelf for > a decade :) > > I do recall having a similar issue with a drive, but it was years and years > ago- my memory hazed, and not necessarily (probably not) related to FreeBSD > install. If you aren't getting POST then it sounds hardware related to me. > > Good Luck, > > Waitman > _______________________________________________ > 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" > ######## Aloha, I had this happen with using [Cable Select] on an 80G ISA drive jumper and after I switched to [Master] it worked fine. In any case it does sound like hardware. Try switching the cable. It may be broken. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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