From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 14 11: 9:58 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1858A37B401 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:09:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (f184.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.163.184]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C50043FA3 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:09:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from laksefiskerbsd@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:09:55 -0800 Received: from 217.70.229.196 by sea1fd.sea1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:09:55 GMT X-Originating-IP: [217.70.229.196] From: "Henrik W Lund" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hard error?? Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 20:09:55 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Feb 2003 19:09:55.0296 (UTC) FILETIME=[A8BEEE00:01C2D45C] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Is this a bug in the FreeBSD ATA driver then? I used an IBM DeskStar >drive and had Linux running perfectly well on it. I backed up all my >data, deleted the partitions and went to install FreeBSD on it. The >installation failed with lots of 'hard error' messages. Did FreeBSD >kill my hard drive, or was it just luck that I got my data off the drive >with minutes to spare? I know DeskStar drives are notorious for >failure, but I did indeed have DMA66 and DMA33 drives on the same >channel, and thought it a bit suspicious that the drive died at the >instant I tried to install FreeBSD. > >Bruce Cran Yeah, this also occured to me, as I have been running WinXP on my drive without problems. The really wierd bit is that I only get the messages when writing to (or reading from) /usr (i run a dedicated partition for /usr. You know, the automatic single disk setup when installing FreeBSD). Wait, maybe that isn't so wierd after all. Anyway, I want to know for sure that this disk failure is not due to any FreeBSD shenanigans, as I do not want to buy a new drive and install FreeBSD to it, only to have it crash on me just days later. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger http://www.msn.no/messenger - Den korteste veien mellom deg og dine venner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message