From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 12 20:01:56 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A07AD16A4CE for ; Thu, 12 May 2005 20:01:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail28.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail28.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C81643D31 for ; Thu, 12 May 2005 20:01:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 27643 invoked from network); 12 May 2005 20:01:56 -0000 Received: from server.baldwin.cx ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 12 May 2005 20:01:55 -0000 Received: from [10.50.41.242] (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4CK1eJx066859; Thu, 12 May 2005 16:01:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org, Ben Haysom Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 15:50:15 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200505121550.16143.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-102.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx Subject: Re: error 16 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 20:01:56 -0000 On Wednesday 11 May 2005 09:14 am, Ben Haysom wrote: > Hi > > I have an AMD Duron 700Mhz running FreeBSD 5.3. > > When power up I get > > error 16 lba 287 > error 16 lba 287 > No /boot/loader > > fdisk from the installation CD finds the harddrive as normal. > > A friend found the following for me > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2005-March/081879.html > > Seems to be the same, but the commands that person entered don't work for > me.. > > I couldn't find anything searching on the full error. > > Any ideas, or shall I just do a complete reinstall? The machine isn't > vital so that is plausible. > > Ben Haysom. This error means the BIOS is having problems talking to your disk. According to Ralf Brown's Interrupt List 16 (0x10) means: 10h uncorrectable CRC or ECC error on read which means your drive is probably dying or dead. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org