From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 18 01:14:59 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ED62B26 for ; Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:14:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 037BE941 for ; Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:14:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r6I1EvLp005803; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:14:57 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) with ESMTP id r6I1EvSc005800; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:14:57 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:14:57 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: John Reynolds Subject: Re: experience with 9.2-PRERELEASE In-Reply-To: <51E73AA9.5030004@reynoldsnet.org> Message-ID: References: <51E73AA9.5030004@reynoldsnet.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:14:57 -0600 (MDT) Cc: stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:14:59 -0000 On Wed, 17 Jul 2013, John Reynolds wrote: > The final blow to my sanity was when I rolled back and tried to install > 8.4-RELEASE and sysinstall couldn't make the disk devices after I hit 'W' in > the disk label editor to commit my changes. Somewhere, there is a FAQ or note that you should not press "W" in the installer. But a quick check did not find where that was. > So, I'm wondering generically are people having problems with SSD's in > FreeBSD? In this hardware I have not tried using a traditional SATA > disk yet. I use SSDs without problems on 9.2-STABLE amd64, but all on motherboard controllers. The problems you're seeing sound like a controller problem. For reference: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/ssd.html