From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 2 14:04:02 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id OAA11467 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 2 Apr 1995 14:04:02 -0700 Received: from estienne.cs.berkeley.edu (estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.42.147]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA11461 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 1995 14:03:52 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by estienne.cs.berkeley.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA02277; Sun, 2 Apr 1995 14:02:44 -0700 Message-Id: <199504022102.OAA02277@estienne.cs.berkeley.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: estienne.cs.berkeley.edu: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: didier@aida.remcomp.fr (Didier Derny) cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hard disk problem In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 02 Apr 1995 18:25:34 +0200." Date: Sun, 02 Apr 1995 14:02:44 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Hello > >I tried to install FreeBSD-2.0 Release on a IBM DSAS-3540 hard disk >but the installation fails during the second step of the install >process (copy from the cdrom to the hard disk). As I'm already running >FreeBSD-2.0 on a 1Gb Seagate drive, I am absolutely sure that the problem >come from the hard disk. > >The installation process (checksum verification) starts and then >FreeBSD conplains that the controller doesn't answer. > >Is there any switches (hardware on the disk /or software in FreeBSD) >to avoid this problem. Can you tell us the SCSI controller you are using? >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Didier Derny >didier@aida.remcomp.fr >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Justin T. Gibbs ============================================== TCS Instructional Group - Programmer/Analyst 1 Cory | Po | Danube | Volga | Parker | Torus ==============================================