From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 13 21:48:52 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 C1B68106566C for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:48:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from itanium.user@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f185.google.com (mail-iw0-f185.google.com [209.85.223.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 478BB8FC0A for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:48:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn15 with SMTP id 15so2233284iwn.7 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:48:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=BKT12AKoDi9BxztZJ58tZpCzyXp/pLktzvhfHD11glI=; b=LnM9tsQmyPodI7XcHzC7ngrGb/vaAJnxYjwPkM1MCffm4yFdgmj/bLYKX45BQ19ocG 1mZxyGgAWpKfIRoejXRn3cxSTOhnZ+BbNUQIeqkoQXkYjlDb0KoL9WKsdcQ2l69UoChM szkiHi0qMqOtgSRi5OaFFA3YJ2aIXtC9c9stY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=UDhcbkoZE/Jg3rjhtjZLAWMDduIi7v5NN9+J+yewrR/U8s5NU4PrptsuDQ2D5iJaVt dHyQWkQkXrhQPEgR5gIAwviVPJDHVLjMBDrqjnLYAO2FuQRzSoZmnjfboTTBiuq3dWWY PYlUhOV3SYaBJ2qVPw+wE4mJwBE3l69POlDeg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.147.18 with SMTP id j18mr1434761ibv.82.1268516931381; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:48:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <230f61611003081111j7f457353g7c28b6cf37a7672@mail.gmail.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> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:48:51 -0500 Message-ID: <230f61611003131348l33d4b7eave754326b00d3bdc0@mail.gmail.com> From: Mister Itanium To: Marcel Moolenaar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 21:48:52 -0000 Sorry, but those log files are old (when the HDD was set as a SECONDARY * SLAVE*, so the disk wasn't being detected) Now the disk is the PRIMARY *MASTER* and is being detected at boot. This is the current boot verbose log: (http://paste.pocoo.org/show/189298/) =08\=08Entering /boot/kernel/kernel at 0xe000000004080000... PAL Proc at 0xe00000007ff08010 SAL Proc at 0xe00000007ff48020, GP at 0xe0000000801712c0 SAL: AP wake-up vector: 0xf0 Platform clock frequency 199476428 Hz Processor ratio 14/2, Bus ratio 1/1, ITC ratio 14/2 ptc.e base=3D0x0, count1=3D1, count2=3D1, stride1=3D0x0, stride2=3D0x0 Processor supports 24 Region ID bits Trying VHPT size 0x1000000 Putting VHPT at 0x6000000 Splitting [0x560c000-0x7fb40000] Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Nov 22 01:11:28 UTC 2009 root@pluto1.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC UNWIND: table added: base=3De000000004000000, start=3De000000004bbb060, end=3De000000004bfc250 Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xe000000005608580. Preloaded mfs_root "/boot/mfsroot" at 0xe000000005608660. CPU: Madison (1396.33-Mhz Itanium 2) Origin =3D "GenuineIntel" Revision =3D 5 Features =3D 0x1 real memory =3D 4282097664 (4083 MB) Physical memory chunk(s): 0x01900000 - 0x03ffffff, 40894464 bytes (4992 pages) 0x0560c000 - 0x05ffffff, 10436608 bytes (1274 pages) 0x0a000000 - 0x7fb3ffff, 1974730752 bytes (241056 pages) 0x7ff7c000 - 0x7ff81fff, 24576 bytes (3 pages) 0x180000000 - 0x1fb455fff, 2068144128 bytes (252459 pages) 0x1feffe000 - 0x1ff453fff, 4546560 bytes (555 pages) 0x1ff802000 - 0x1ff8fdfff, 1032192 bytes (126 pages) 0x1ff900000 - 0x1ff905fff, 24576 bytes (3 pages) 0x1ff9fe000 - 0x1ffd63fff, 3563520 bytes (435 pages) 0x1ffdfe000 - 0x1ffe0ffff, 73728 bytes (9 pages) 0x1ffe7e000 - 0x1fffb7fff, 1286144 bytes (157 pages) avail memory =3D 4084006912 (3894 MB) FPSWA Revision =3D 0x10012, Entry =3D 0xe0000001ffe60050 Table 'FACP' at 0xe00000007ff99138 Table 'APIC' at 0xe00000007ff99230 Local APIC address=3D0xfee00000 Local SAPIC entry ProcessorId=3D0x0, Id=3D0xc0, Eid=3D0x18 Local SAPIC entry ProcessorId=3D0x1, Id=3D0xc6, Eid=3D0x18 I/O SAPIC entry Id=3D0x0, InterruptBase=3D0x0, Address=3D0xfec00000 I/O SAPIC entry Id=3D0x2, InterruptBase=3D0x18, Address=3D0xfaffe000 I/O SAPIC entry Id=3D0x1, InterruptBase=3D0x30, Address=3D0xfafff000 Interrupt source override entry Bus=3D0, Source=3D9, Irq=3D0x9 Platform interrupt entry Polarity=3D3, TriggerMode=3D3, Id=3D0xc6, Eid=3D0x18, Vector=3D0x1e, Irq= =3D22 Table 'IPPT' at 0xe00000007ff99308 Table 'SPCR' at 0xe00000007ff99340 MCA: allocated 16384 bytes for state info. SMP: waking up cpu1 FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs cpu0: ACPI Id=3D1, SAPIC Id=3Dc6, SAPIC Eid=3D18 (BSP) cpu1: ACPI Id=3D0, SAPIC Id=3Dc0, SAPIC Eid=3D18 ULE: setup cpu 0 ULE: setup cpu 1 mem: null: nfslock: pseudo-device random: ACPI: RSDP 0x7ff99000 00024 (v2 AMI ) ACPI: XSDT 0x7ff99090 00044 (v1 AMI TIGER_2W 01072002 MSFT 00010013) ACPI: FACP 0x7ff99138 000F4 (v3 AMI TIGER_2W 01072002 MSFT 00010013) ACPI: DSDT 0x7ff9b000 0220E (v1 AMI TIGER2W 00000000 MSFT 0100000D) ACPI: FACS 0x7ff992c0 00040 ACPI: APIC 0x7ff99230 0008E (v1 AMI TIGER_2W 01072002 MSFT 00010013) ACPI: IPPT 0x7ff99308 00034 (v1 AMI TIGER_2W 01072002 MSFT 00010013) ACPI: SPCR 0x7ff99340 00050 (v1 AMI TIGER_2W 01072002 MSFT 00010013) nexus0: registered as a time-of-day clock (resolution 1000us) acpi0: on motherboard acpi0: [MPSAFE] acpi0: [ITHREAD] acpi0: Power Button (fixed) AcpiOsDerivePciId: \_SB_.CSFF.IOH5.IOHC -> bus 255 dev 28 func 5 AcpiOsDerivePciId: \_SB_.CSFF.IOH1.IO01 -> bus 255 dev 28 func 1 AcpiOsDerivePciId: \_SB_.CSFF.IOH2.IO02 -> bus 255 dev 28 func 2 ACPI timer: 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 -> 10 Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0xc08-0xc0b on acpi0 pcib0: on acpi0 pci0: on pcib0 pci0: domain=3D0, physical bus=3D0 found-> vendor=3D0x8086, dev=3D0x244e, revid=3D0x82 domain=3D0, bus=3D0, slot=3D30, func=3D0 class=3D06-04-00, hdrtype=3D0x01, mfdev=3D0 cmdreg=3D0x0147, statreg=3D0x0080, cachelnsz=3D0 (dwords) lattimer=3D0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=3D0x0b (2750 ns), maxlat=3D0x00 (0 ns) found-> vendor=3D0x8086, dev=3D0x24c0, revid=3D0x02 domain=3D0, bus=3D0, slot=3D31, func=3D0 class=3D06-01-00, hdrtype=3D0x00, mfdev=3D1 cmdreg=3D0x010f, statreg=3D0x0280, cachelnsz=3D0 (dwords) lattimer=3D0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=3D0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=3D0x00 (0 ns) found-> vendor=3D0x8086, dev=3D0x24cb, revid=3D0x02 domain=3D0, bus=3D0, slot=3D31, func=3D1 class=3D01-01-8a, hdrtype=3D0x00, mfdev=3D0 cmdreg=3D0x0005, statreg=3D0x0280, cachelnsz=3D0 (dwords) lattimer=3D0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=3D0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=3D0x00 (0 ns) intpin=3Da, irq=3D0 map[20]: type I/O Port, range 32, base 0x1000, size 4, enabled map[24]: type Memory, range 32, base 0, size 10, memory disabled pcib0: no PRT entry for 0.31.INTA found-> vendor=3D0x8086, dev=3D0x24c3, revid=3D0x02 domain=3D0, bus=3D0, slot=3D31, func=3D3 class=3D0c-05-00, hdrtype=3D0x00, mfdev=3D0 cmdreg=3D0x0001, statreg=3D0x0280, cachelnsz=3D0 (dwords) lattimer=3D0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=3D0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=3D0x00 (0 ns) intpin=3Db, irq=3D0 map[20]: type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xcc0, size 5, enabled pcib0: no PRT entry for 0.31.INTB pcib1: at device 30.0 on pci0 pcib1: domain 0 pcib1: secondary bus 1 pcib1: subordinate bus 1 pcib1: I/O decode 0xd000-0xdfff pcib1: memory decode 0xfb000000-0xfd0fffff pcib1: no prefetched decode pcib1: Subtractively decoded bridge. pci1: on pcib1 pci1: domain=3D0, physical bus=3D1 found-> vendor=3D0x1002, dev=3D0x4752, revid=3D0x27 domain=3D0, bus=3D1, slot=3D2, func=3D0 class=3D03-00-00, hdrtype=3D0x00, mfdev=3D0 cmdreg=3D0x0087, statreg=3D0x0290, cachelnsz=3D32 (dwords) lattimer=3D0x40 (1920 ns), mingnt=3D0x08 (2000 ns), maxlat=3D0x00 (0 ns) intpin=3Da, irq=3D11 powerspec 2 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0 map[10]: type Memory, range 32, base 0xfc000000, size 24, enabled pcib1: requested memory range 0xfc000000-0xfcffffff: good map[14]: type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xd800, size 8, enabled pcib1: requested I/O range 0xd800-0xd8ff: in range map[18]: type Memory, range 32, base 0xfd0ff000, size 12, enabled pcib1: requested memory range 0xfd0ff000-0xfd0fffff: good pcib1: matched entry for 1.2.INTA pcib1: slot 2 INTA hardwired to IRQ 18 vgapci0: port 0xd800-0xd8ff mem 0xfc000000-0xfcffffff,0xfd0ff000-0xfd0fffff irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci1 pci0: at device 31.0 (no driver attached) 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=3D03 ostat0=3D50 ostat1=3D00 ata0: stat0=3D0x90 err=3D0x90 lsb=3D0x90 msb=3D0x90 ata0: stat0=3D0x50 err=3D0x01 lsb=3D0x00 msb=3D0x00 ata0: stat1=3D0x00 err=3D0x01 lsb=3D0x00 msb=3D0x00 ata0: reset tp2 stat0=3D50 stat1=3D00 devices=3D0x1 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=3D03 ostat0=3D50 ostat1=3D01 ata1: stat0=3D0x00 err=3D0x01 lsb=3D0x14 msb=3D0xeb ata1: stat1=3D0x01 err=3D0x04 lsb=3D0x00 msb=3D0x00 ata1: reset tp2 stat0=3D00 stat1=3D01 devices=3D0x10000 ata1: [MPSAFE] ata1: [ITHREAD] pci0: at device 31.3 (no driver attached) pcib2: on acpi0 pcib2: could not get PCI interrupt routing table for \_SB_.PCI1 - AE_NOT_FO= UND pci2: on pcib2 pci2: domain=3D0, physical bus=3D2 found-> vendor=3D0x8086, dev=3D0x1461, revid=3D0x04 domain=3D0, bus=3D2, slot=3D28, func=3D0 class=3D08-00-20, hdrtype=3D0x00, mfdev=3D0 cmdreg=3D0x0106, statreg=3D0x0030, cachelnsz=3D0 (dwords) lattimer=3D0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=3D0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=3D0x00 (0 ns) map[10]: type Memory, range 32, base 0xfafff000, size 12, enabled found-> vendor=3D0x8086, dev=3D0x1460, revid=3D0x04 domain=3D0, bus=3D2, slot=3D29, func=3D0 class=3D06-04-00, hdrtype=3D0x01, mfdev=3D0 cmdreg=3D0x0147, statreg=3D0x0030, cachelnsz=3D32 (dwords) lattimer=3D0x40 (1920 ns), mingnt=3D0x03 (750 ns), maxlat=3D0x00 (0 ns) found-> vendor=3D0x8086, dev=3D0x1461, revid=3D0x04 domain=3D0, bus=3D2, slot=3D30, func=3D0 class=3D08-00-20, hdrtype=3D0x00, mfdev=3D0 cmdreg=3D0x0106, statreg=3D0x0030, cachelnsz=3D0 (dwords) lattimer=3D0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=3D0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=3D0x00 (0 ns) map[10]: type Memory, range 32, base 0xfaffe000, size 12, enabled found-> vendor=3D0x8086, dev=3D0x1460, revid=3D0x04 domain=3D0, bus=3D2, slot=3D31, func=3D0 class=3D06-04-00, hdrtype=3D0x01, mfdev=3D0 cmdreg=3D0x0147, statreg=3D0x0030, cachelnsz=3D32 (dwords) lattimer=3D0x40 (1920 ns), mingnt=3D0x03 (750 ns), maxlat=3D0x00 (0 ns) pci2: at device 28.0 (no driver attached) pcib3: at device 29.0 on pci2 pcib3: domain 0 pcib3: secondary bus 3 pcib3: subordinate bus 3 pcib3: I/O decode 0xf000-0xffff pcib3: memory decode 0xfa000000-0xfa0fffff pcib3: no prefetched decode pci3: on pcib3 pci3: domain=3D0, physical bus=3D3 found-> vendor=3D0x8086, dev=3D0x1010, revid=3D0x01 domain=3D0, bus=3D3, slot=3D2, func=3D0 class=3D02-00-00, hdrtype=3D0x00, mfdev=3D1 cmdreg=3D0x0117, statreg=3D0x0230, cachelnsz=3D32 (dwords) lattimer=3D0x40 (1920 ns), mingnt=3D0xff (63750 ns), maxlat=3D0x00 (0 ns) intpin=3Da, irq=3D3 powerspec 2 supports D0 D3 current D0 MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit map[10]: type Memory, range 64, base 0xfa0c0000, size 17, enabled pcib3: requested memory range 0xfa0c0000-0xfa0dffff: good map[20]: type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xfe80, size 6, enabled pcib3: requested I/O range 0xfe80-0xfebf: in range pcib3: matched entry for 3.2.INTA pcib3: slot 2 INTA hardwired to IRQ 48 found-> vendor=3D0x8086, dev=3D0x1010, revid=3D0x01 domain=3D0, bus=3D3, slot=3D2, func=3D1 class=3D02-00-00, hdrtype=3D0x00, mfdev=3D1 cmdreg=3D0x0117, statreg=3D0x0230, cachelnsz=3D32 (dwords) lattimer=3D0x40 (1920 ns), mingnt=3D0xff (63750 ns), maxlat=3D0x00 (0 ns) intpin=3Db, irq=3D3 powerspec 2 supports D0 D3 current D0 MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit map[10]: type Memory, range 64, base 0xfa0e0000, size 17, enabled pcib3: requested memory range 0xfa0e0000-0xfa0fffff: good map[20]: type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xff00, size 6, enabled pcib3: requested I/O range 0xff00-0xff3f: in range pcib3: matched entry for 3.2.INTB pcib3: slot 2 INTB hardwired to IRQ 49 em0: port 0xfe80-0xfebf mem 0xfa0c0000-0xfa0dffff irq 48 at device 2.0 on pci3 em0: Reserved 0x20000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xfa0c0000 em0: Reserved 0x40 bytes for rid 0x20 type 4 at 0xfe80 em0: [FILTER] em0: bpf attached em0: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:20:f6:2a em1: port 0xff00-0xff3f mem 0xfa0e0000-0xfa0fffff irq 49 at device 2.1 on pci3 em1: Reserved 0x20000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xfa0e0000 em1: Reserved 0x40 bytes for rid 0x20 type 4 at 0xff00 em1: [FILTER] em1: bpf attached em1: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:20:f6:2b pci2: at device 30.0 (no driver attached) pcib4: at device 31.0 on pci2 pcib4: domain 0 pcib4: secondary bus 4 pcib4: subordinate bus 4 pcib4: I/O decode 0xf000-0xfff pcib4: no prefetched decode pci4: on pcib4 pci4: domain=3D0, physical bus=3D4 uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0 uart0: [FILTER] uart0: fast interrupt uart0: console (115200,n,8,1) cpu0: on acpi0 cpu0: switching to generic Cx mode cpu1: on acpi0 Reducing kern.maxvnodes 131431 -> 100000 procfs registered Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec lo0: bpf attached ata0: Identifying devices: 00000001 ata0: New devices: 00000001 md0: Preloaded image 8388608 bytes at 0xe000000004e08580 ata0-master: pio=3DPIO4 wdma=3DWDMA2 udma=3DUDMA100 cable=3D80 wire *ad0: setting PIO4 on ICH4 chip ad0: setting UDMA100 on ICH4 chip ad0: 114473MB at ata0-master UDMA100 ad0: 234441648 sectors [232581C/16H/63S] 16 sectors/interrupt 1 depth queue= * GEOM: new disk ad0 ad0: Intel check1 failed ad0: Adaptec check1 failed ad0: LSI (v3) check1 failed ad0: LSI (v2) check1 failed ad0: FreeBSD check1 failed ata1: Identifying devices: 00010000 ata1: New devices: 00010000 ata1-master: pio=3DPIO4 wdma=3DWDMA2 udma=3DUDMA33 cable=3D40 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 ATA PseudoRAID loaded acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=3D0x11 ascq=3D0x00 acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=3D0x11 ascq=3D0x00 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0 ct_to_ts([2010-03-13 21:41:12]) =3D 1268516472.000000000 start_init: trying /sbin/init start_init: trying /sbin/oinit start_init: trying /sbin/init.bak start_init: trying /rescue/init start_init: trying /stand/sysinstall /stand/sysinstall running as init on serial console These are the predefined terminal types available to sysinstall when running stand-alone. Please choose the closest match for your particular terminal. 1 ...................... Standard ANSI terminal. 2 ...................... VT100 or compatible terminal. 3 ...................... FreeBSD system console (color). 4 ...................... FreeBSD system console (monochrome). 5 ...................... xterm terminal emulator. Your choice: (1-5) On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > 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: > > > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (0 retries left) LBA=3D0 > > GEOM: ad0: corrupt or invalid GPT detected. > > GEOM: ad0: GPT rejected -- may not be recoverable. > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > > > 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=3D03 ostat0=3D00 ostat1=3D50 > > ata0: stat0=3D0x01 err=3D0x01 lsb=3D0x01 msb=3D0x01 > > ata0: stat1=3D0x01 err=3D0x01 lsb=3D0x01 msb=3D0x01 > > ata0: reset tp2 stat0=3D01 stat1=3D01 devices=3D0x0 > > 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=3D03 ostat0=3D50 ostat1=3D01 > > ata1: stat0=3D0x00 err=3D0x01 lsb=3D0x14 msb=3D0xeb > > ata1: stat1=3D0x01 err=3D0x04 lsb=3D0x00 msb=3D0x00 > > ata1: reset tp2 stat0=3D00 stat1=3D01 devices=3D0x10000 > > 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=3DPIO4 wdma=3DWDMA2 udma=3DUDMA33 cable=3D40 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=3D0x11 ascq=3D0x00 > > acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=3D0x11 ascq=3D0x00 > *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 > > > >