Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 17:53:50 +0100 From: rene@xs4all.nl To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: trying to format IDE disk (continued) Message-ID: <6745.991209@xs4all.nl>
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From: rene@xs4all.nl <rene@xs4all.nl>
To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Date: Thursday, December 09, 1999, 13:26:43
Subject: : RE: trying to format IDE disk
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Hija Sheldon,
Tuesday, December 07, 1999, 14:50:21, you seem to have written:
SH> On Tue, 07 Dec 1999 14:40:53 +0100, rene@xs4all.nl wrote:
>> Hi. I've tried getting a reply to my problem with formatting my HD
>> under freeBSD (stated below), but unfortunately did not succeed with
>> the suggestion offered.
SH> Did you try the detailed instructions I sent you? If so, please let me
SH> know where you came unstuck. I didn't put effort into providing you
SH> with a near walk-through just so I could see you come back with "did not
SH> succeed with the suggestion offered".
True; sorry 'bout that; I did try using /stand/sysinstall.
SH> What exactly didn't work when you tried using /stand/sysinstall?
a hopefully usefull screengrab of what happens during startup of
/stand/sysInstall
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x Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)...
Dec 9 20:17:54 messenger /kernel: wd2: cannot handle 319 sectors (max 255)qqqqqqqj
Dec 9 20:17:54 messenger /kernel: wd2: cannot handle 319 sectors (max 255)
Dec 9 20:17:54 messenger /kernel: wd2: wdcontrol: recal failed reading fsbn 0 (status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 0)
Dec 9 20:17:54 messenger /kernel: wd2: wdcontrol: recal failed reading fsbn 0 (status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 0)
Dec 9 20:17:54 messenger /kernel: wd2: error reading primary partition table reading fsbn 0
Dec 9 20:17:54 messenger /kernel: wd2: error reading primary partition table reading fsbn 0
Dec 9 20:17:54 messenger /kernel: wd2: cannot handle 319 sectors (max 255)
Dec 9 20:17:54 messenger /kernel: wd2: cannot handle 319 sectors (max 255)
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: wdcontrol: recal failed reading fsbn 0 (status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 0)
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: wdcontrol: recal failed reading fsbn 0 (status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 0)
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: error reading primary partition table reading fsbn 0
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: error reading primary partition table reading fsbn 0
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: cannot handle 319 sectors (max 255)
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: cannot handle 319 sectors (max 255)
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: wdcontrol: recal failed reading fsbn 0 (status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 0)
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: wdcontrol: recal failed reading fsbn 0 (status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 0)
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: error reading primary partition table reading fsbn 0
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: error reading primary partition table reading fsbn 0
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: cannot handle 319 sectors (max 255)
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: cannot handle 319 sectors (max 255)
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: wdcontrol: recal failed reading fsbn 0 (status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 0)
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: wdcontrol: recal failed reading fsbn 0 (status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 0)
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: error reading primary partition table reading fsbn 0
Dec 9 20:17:55 messenger /kernel: wd2: error reading primary partition table reading fsbn 0
When running the partition editor, as you showed, I can't seem to be
able to change to the disk that I want to modify (due to the err-msgs
at startup?)
---screenshot---
DISK Geometry: 263 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 4225095 sectors
Offset Size End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags
0 63 62 - 6 unused 0
63 4225032 4225094 da0s1 3 freebsd 165 C
4225095 1630 4226724 - 6 unused 0
The following commands are supported (in upper or lower case):
A = Use Entire Disk B = Bad Block Scan C = Create Slice
D = Delete Slice G = Set Drive Geometry S = Set Bootable
T = Change Type U = Undo All Changes W = Write Changes
Use F1 or ? to get more help, arrow keys to select.
---end screenshot---
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Greetings,
rene <mailto:rene@xs4all.nl>
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