Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 16:46:36 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.0 ATA on an old laptop failing Message-ID: <20000409164636.C18060@pir.net>
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I had a couple of suggestions in private mail that sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio,pio,pio,pio would work around this, but I can't find any way to apply this, the kernel runs sysinstall as init ... Since I'm using a pcmcia network card I put a script in as /etc/pccard_ether which runs the sysctl. I get; hw.atamodes: pio,---, -> pio,---, and the same error as before; ad0: HARD DISK ERROR blk# 0 status=51 error=04 ado: reading primary partition table: error readinf fsbn 0 3.4-PAO has been running fine overnight. Another suggestion is a custom kernel build that uses wd and install with that. I did this on my 4.0-STABLE machine (hoping that 4.0-R and stable havn't changed enough for it to matter). It detected the cntroller and the disk as I'd expect, but when I try to partition the disk with sysinstall it complains that there are no disks ... sysinstall will only do da and ad ? Still can't get 4.0 on this machine :/ P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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