From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 13 21:03:24 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02507106564A for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:03:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout030.mac.com (asmtpout030.mac.com [17.148.16.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8F428FC12 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:03:23 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from macbook-pro.lan.xcllnt.net (mail.xcllnt.net [75.101.29.67]) by asmtp030.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KZ800314NTMAY00@asmtp030.mac.com> for freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:03:23 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1003130185 From: Marcel Moolenaar In-reply-to: <230f61611003131254hea7f714v8663873f3a66bc39@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:03:21 -0800 Message-id: References: <230f61611003081111j7f457353g7c28b6cf37a7672@mail.gmail.com> <410865A6-1DCD-4269-91CC-ADE64A3C6E91@mac.com> <230f61611003101913r254d668k152ed5e51ecc9100@mail.gmail.com> <61D1F630-3DA2-47FB-B99F-8B9D7DE87D13@mac.com> <230f61611003110319r68564794k725192b16ae32a8e@mail.gmail.com> <230f61611003111259ja9e91e0mdfd8550df41d64f8@mail.gmail.com> <22F39E8E-C13D-43E7-8AF8-9DAFC14CD6CC@mac.com> <230f61611003111653o3cc8630bj93e0ce53077e9a2c@mail.gmail.com> <230f61611003120412m1cd9704aia0e482f55aca3a77@mail.gmail.com> <230f61611003131254hea7f714v8663873f3a66bc39@mail.gmail.com> To: Mister Itanium X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Problem - 8.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:03:24 -0000 On Mar 13, 2010, at 12:54 PM, Mister Itanium wrote: *snip* > This is what I get when I try to WRITE something on the disk: > > =============================================== > ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (0 retries left) LBA=0 > GEOM: ad0: corrupt or invalid GPT detected. > GEOM: ad0: GPT rejected -- may not be recoverable. > =============================================== > > And then I get a message saying it can't wirte on ad0 disk etc.. > Question number 1: > Any suggestions/help on resolving this? You probably have a dead disk. Replace the disk and see what happens. Notice how the disk wasn't probed at first as well: *snip* > atapci0: port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x1000-0x100f irq 0 at device 31.1 on pci0 > atapci0: Reserved 0x10 bytes for rid 0x20 type 4 at 0x1000 > ata0: on atapci0 > atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0x1f0 > atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x14 type 4 at 0x3f6 > ata0: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=00 ostat1=50 > ata0: stat0=0x01 err=0x01 lsb=0x01 msb=0x01 > ata0: stat1=0x01 err=0x01 lsb=0x01 msb=0x01 > ata0: reset tp2 stat0=01 stat1=01 devices=0x0 > ata0: [MPSAFE] > ata0: [ITHREAD] > ata1: on atapci0 > atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x18 type 4 at 0x170 > atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x1c type 4 at 0x376 > ata1: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=50 ostat1=01 > ata1: stat0=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x14 msb=0xeb > ata1: stat1=0x01 err=0x04 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00 > ata1: reset tp2 stat0=00 stat1=01 devices=0x10000 > ata1: [MPSAFE] > ata1: [ITHREAD] *snip* > ata0: Identifying devices: 00000000 > ata0: New devices: 00000000 > ata1: Identifying devices: 00010000 > ata1: New devices: 00010000 *snip* > ata1-master: pio=PIO4 wdma=WDMA2 udma=UDMA33 cable=40 wire > acd0: setting PIO4 on ICH4 chip > acd0: setting UDMA33 on ICH4 chip > acd0: CDROM drive at ata1 as master > acd0: read 4134KB/s (4134KB/s), 128KB buffer, UDMA33 > acd0: Reads: CDR, CDRW, CDDA stream, packet > acd0: Writes: > acd0: Audio: play, 256 volume levels > acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray, unlocked > acd0: Medium: CD-ROM 120mm data disc *snip* > ATA PseudoRAID loaded *snip* > acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 > acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 *snip* There's no ad0 at all. You may want to check the RAID setting on the controller. If it's enabled, disable it... > Question n.2: > How do I disable ACPI on boot on IA64 machines? You can't. ACPI is mandatory. Nothing works without it. ACPI is at the root of everything. > PS: HDD works fine under Debian Linux, using fdisk I'm able to change/delete/add partitions without a problem, which makes me think it's not a hardware issue. Did you move the hard disk onto another machine to do this? HTH, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com