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Subject: i386/7311: "Probing devices" hangs computer with error messages about the partition table
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>Number:         7311
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       "Probing devices" hangs computer with error messages about the partition table
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 18 07:10:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andrew Gacek
>Organization:
>Release:        2.1.7.1
>Environment:
OS not yet installed
>Description:
After the kernal setup I get a blue screen that says "Probing Devices" and the computer just hangs there.
After pressing Alt+F2 I get a screen that has some error messages on it.

wd3: can't handle 65535 heads from partition table (truncating to 16)
wd3: cannot handle 65535 sectors (max 255)
wd3: wdcontrol: recal failed reading fsbn 0
wd3: status 3c<wrtflt,seekdone,drq,ecc_cor> error 0
wd3: error reading primary patition table reading fsbn 0 (wd3 bn 0; cn 0; tn 0; sn 0)

I am trying to install FreeBSD onto a 200Mb partition of my originally 800Mb drive.
I used FIPS to generate the extra partition.
Yesterday I was able to enter the setup no problem but couldn't access FTP so I thought that I would try a different method this time until the setup froze on me.
>How-To-Repeat:
Go into the kernal setup and exit without making any changes.  (When I try to make chagnes to the kernal, the system freezes after saving them...)
>Fix:

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