Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:34:55 -0800 (PST) From: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.org> To: Jesper Holmberg <jesper.holmberg@enst-bretagne.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: input/output error on newly installed drive Message-ID: <200103152334.f2FNYta95220@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20010315213129.C2564@strindberg.maisel.enst-bretagne.fr> References: <20010315213129.C2564@strindberg.maisel.enst-bretagne.fr>
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>>>>> Jesper Holmberg writes: > I installed an extra hard drive today, following the instructions in the > FreeBSD Handbook. All went well, and using sysinstall I put one single > partition/slice on this extra drive, ad1. I didn't mount it, but since I > didn't get any errors I figured everything had gone well and rebooted. > Now, after reboot, I can't access the drive. Not with fdisk, sysinstall > nor disklabel. I get these messages, no matter what I try: > #disklabel ad1 > ad1: HARD READ ERROR blk# 0 status=59 error=04 > ad1: reading primary partition table: error reading fsbn 0 > disklabel: /dev/ad1c: Input/output error My guess is that you have an old drive. I got the same error with a QUANTUM LPS270A. Try to use the wd driver instead of the ata driver; it works for me. Jean-Marc -- Jean-Marc Zucconi -- PGP Key: finger jmz@FreeBSD.org [KeyID: 400B38E9] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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