Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 01:37:19 +0100 From: "Ahmed Benani" <ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch> To: rene@xs4all.nl, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re : trying to format IDE disk Message-ID: <19991206003831.68D3114DED@hub.freebsd.org>
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STOP SENDING YOUR MESSAGES I RECEIVED MORE THAN 200 PER DAY AND I NEVER UBSCRIBE TO YOUR LIST: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch ---------- >De=A0: rene@xs4all.nl >=C0 : questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Objet=A0: trying to format IDE disk >Date=A0: Dim 5 d=E9c 1999 19:38 > >Hello questions, > > I'm trying to format this 10G IDE disk I have lying around here > doing nothing... I'm also a complete newbie to freeBSD ;) > > I tried running the following command, but don't quite get the > error-messages it passes me; can anyone gimme any hints here? > >router# fdisk /dev/wd2 >fdisk: can't open device /dev/wd2 >fdisk: cannot open disk /dev/wd2: Input/output error >router# Dec 6 02:28:56 router /kernel: wd2: can't handle 272 heads from >partition table (truncating to 16) >Dec 6 02:28:56 router /kernel: wd2: can't handle 272 heads from partition= >table (truncating to 16) >Dec 6 02:28:56 router /kernel: wd2: cannot handle 319 sectors (max 255) >Dec 6 02:28:56 router /kernel: wd2: cannot handle 319 sectors (max 255) >Dec 6 02:28:56 router /kernel: wd2: wdcontrol: recal failed reading fsbn = 0 >(status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 0) >Dec 6 02:28:56 router /kernel: wd2: wdcontrol: recal failed reading fsbn = 0 >(status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 0) >Dec 6 02:28:56 router /kernel: wd2: error reading primary partition table= >reading fsbn 0 >Dec 6 02:28:56 router /kernel: wd2: error reading primary partition table= >reading fsbn 0 > > > appendix I : dmesg output > >dmesg >Copyright (c) 1992-1999 FreeBSD Inc. >Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. >FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE #0: Fri May 28 06:41:37 CEST 1999 > rene@router.outerheaven.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/MESSENGER-EXPERIMENTA= L >Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz >Timecounter "TSC" frequency 167045960 Hz >CPU: Pentium/P55C (167.05-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin =3D "GenuineIntel" Id =3D 0x543 Stepping=3D3 > Features=3D0x8001bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,MMX> >real memory =3D 67043328 (65472K bytes) >avail memory =3D 62296064 (60836K bytes) >Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc02c7000. >Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: >chip0: <AcerLabs M1541 (Aladdin-V) PCI host bridge> rev 0x04 on pci0.0.0 >chip1: <AcerLabs M5243 PCI-PCI bridge> rev 0x04 on pci0.1.0 >chip2: <PCI to 0x80 bridge (vendor=3D10b9 device=3D7101)> rev 0x00 on pci0.3.0 >chip3: <AcerLabs M1533 portable PCI-ISA bridge> rev 0xc3 on pci0.7.0 >ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter> rev 0x00 int a irq 5 on pci0.10.0 >ahc0: aic7880 Single Channel A, SCSI Id=3D7, 16/255 SCBs >vga0: <S3 ViRGE DX/GX graphics accelerator> rev 0x01 int a irq 10 on pci0.= 11.0 >xl0: <3Com 3c905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL> rev 0x30 int a irq 11 on pci0.12.0 >xl0: Ethernet address: 00:10:5a:c0:33:b3 >xl0: autoneg complete, link status good (half-duplex, 100Mbps) >ide_pci0: <Acer Aladdin IV/V (M5229) Bus-master IDE controller> rev 0xc1 >int a irq 0 on pci0.15.0 >Probing for devices on PCI bus 1: >Probing for PnP devices: >Probing for devices on the ISA bus: >sc0 on isa >sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=3D0x0> >atkbdc0 at 0x60-0x6f on motherboard >atkbd0 irq 1 on isa >psm0 not found >sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa >sio0: type 16550A >sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa >sio1: type 16550A >fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa >fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold >fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in >wdc0 not found at 0x1f0 >wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa >wdc1: unit 0 (wd2): <IBM-ETUA-351111 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !> >wd2: 173536MB (355401728 sectors), 4096 cyls, 272 heads, 319 S/T, 512 B/S >wdc1: unit 1 (atapi): <HITACHI CDR-7730/0008a>, removable, iordy >acd0: drive speed 689KB/sec, 128KB cache >acd0: supported read types: CD-DA >acd0: Audio: play, 128 volume levels >acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray >acd0: Medium: CD-ROM unknown medium, unlocked >wt0 not found at 0x300 >mcd0 not found at 0x300 >matcdc0 not found at 0x230 >scd0 not found at 0x230 >ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 flags 0x40 on isa >ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode >ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/7 bytes threshold >lpt0: <generic printer> on ppbus 0 >lpt0: Interrupt-driven port >ppi0: <generic parallel i/o> on ppbus 0 >plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus 0 >ep0 not found at 0x300 >vga0 at 0x3b0-0x3df maddr 0xa0000 msize 131072 on isa >npx0 on motherboard >npx0: INT 16 interface >Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle >changing root device to da0s1a >da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 >da0: <IBM DORS-32160 S82C> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device >da0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15), Tagged Queueing Enabled >da0: 2063MB (4226725 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 263C) >wd2: can't handle 272 heads from partition table (truncating to 16) >wd2: cannot handle 319 sectors (max 255) >wd2: wdcontrol: recal failed reading fsbn 0 (status 50<rdy,seekdone> error= 0) >wd2: error reading primary partition table reading fsbn 0 > > > > >Greetings, > rene <mailto:rene@xs4all.nl> > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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