Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:47:46 -0600 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: FreeBSD Stable <fbsdstable@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us>, <FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Possibly another RC2 ATA problem. Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020123164746.01831ca0@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <20020123131948.G78747-100000@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us>
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Try running FDISK from the CD-ROM or boot a DOS floppy and run: FDISK /status ...to see what you have. You could then try to remove the partition(s) and start over.... At 04:36 PM 1.23.2002 -0600, FreeBSD Stable wrote: >I tried to load RC2 from the ISO image on a dual-athalon board with >an IBM Deskstar 60GB. This was previously running a functioning Red Hat. > >I told partition to take the whole drive, gave it some labels to use, >and told it to take ALL distributions. When I commited, I quickly got a >write error from the drive. (The boot block was NOT protected in the >BIOS.) > >Now the drive is hosed. The BIOS sees it, the probe sees it (with a >different geometry), but when I get to Custom/Partition there are no >disks found. > >The BIOS reports: 29437/16/255 >The probe reports: 119150/16/63 (as ad0) > >The debug screen shows: DEBUG: Unable to open disk ad0 > >I have since tried looking at it from the 4.4-R install CD, but it >looks the same from there. I cannot talk to the drive from DOS, either. > >I would normally think there is just something wrong with the drive, >but with the other reported ATA problems, and the switch to 48 bits, >I thought I should mention this. > >The motherboard is: Tyan Thunder K7, V2.07a BIOS. >The drive reports itself as: IC35L060AVER07-0. > >There is no way to set the BIOS to the parameters show above. It >autos to LBA mode. > >If anyone knows how I might talk to the drive, please let me know. > >stu >fbsdstable@capnet.state.tx.us > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin =================================================== Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com "My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; ....situation excellent! ....I shall attack!" =================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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