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Subject: i386/21072: Unable to install. Can't write disklabel to ad0 (ata disk0, udma33)
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>Number:         21072
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       Unable to install. Can't write disklabel to ad0 (ata disk0, udma33)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Sep 05 21:30:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Edmar Wiggers
>Release:        4.0
>Organization:
Personal
>Environment:
Can't run uname -a. Can't even install!
The machine is a Pentium III 500MHz,Asus Motherboard,10GB IDE Hard disk,128MB RAM,IDE CD-ROM.

>Description:
After booting from Installation CD-ROM, going through everything (editing slices and partitions on the disk, selecting a distribution, etc.), the system hangs while writing the partition/slice table to the disk. After a while it gives up, giving error messages (couldn't activate swap, etc.) On virtual console 1 (alt-f2), I see messages like
ad0: WRITE command timeout - resetting
ata0: resetting devices - done
ad0: WRITE command timeout - resetting
ata0: resetting devices - done
... and so on
The disk is OK, Win98 installs hassle-free.
>How-To-Repeat:
Just try installing it in a similar machine...
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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