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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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>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>
>
>
>
>
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