From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 6 20:14:44 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 CEEEA106566B for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 20:14:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from moku60.aloha50.net (moku60.aloha50.net [66.180.132.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B93B8FC15 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 20:14:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by moku60.aloha50.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2A561703E; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 10:14:42 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <4F075632.6020305@hdk5.net> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:14:42 -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: Waitman Gobble References: <4F0517BA.1050405@mykitchentable.net> <1325819792.82542.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <1325848888.86578.YahooMailNeo@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Bill Tillman , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: 9.0-RELEASE amd64 Bricked My Hard Drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: noc@hdk5.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:14:44 -0000 Waitman Gobble wrote: > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Bill Tillman 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