From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 12 08:25:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA24777 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 08:25:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles361.castles.com [208.214.167.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA24771 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 08:25:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA11279; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 08:22:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811121622.IAA11279@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: cpl92@fx.ro cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sever ide hdd crash (also re:Another instance of the crash I was seeing) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:05:47 +0200." <364A0A3A.EEBFB63A@fx.ro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 08:22:22 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > computer I received the BIOS message PRIMARY HDD FAILURE. Since then, my > BIOS says that I don't have a HDD inside (actually I have a Quantum > Fireball UDMA 4.3 Gb). I hope that the vendor will change the damaged > hdd, but I am quite sure that this is a very serious problem in FreeBSD > kernel. What, that it can't run with your defective hardware? I'm sure we'd all like software that didn't actually need working hardware to run on, but that's like expecting room-temperature fusion in an icebucket. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message