From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Jun 9 5:50: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFA8C37B403 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2001 05:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f59Co1O68707; Sat, 9 Jun 2001 05:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F90037B401 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2001 05:46:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f59Ckg168423; Sat, 9 Jun 2001 05:46:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200106091246.f59Ckg168423@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 05:46:42 -0700 (PDT) From: feh@fehcom.de To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: kern/27987: New ATA Driver failure with VIA Southbridge VT82686A Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 27987 >Category: kern >Synopsis: New ATA Driver failure with VIA Southbridge VT82686A >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jun 09 05:50:01 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Erwin Hoffmann >Release: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 >Organization: FEHCom >Environment: (Can't do it!) >Description: I am currently running FreeBSD 3.5.1 on a Gericom NB with AMD K6-2/500 196 MB RAM, VIA integrated chipset (Trident Cyber Blade etc.). Disc is Toshiba MK6015MAP (6 GB). In an attempt to upgrade to 4.1/4.2/4.3 I harvest a complete desaster: - The installation succeeds with some write failures. - After the first reboot the file system is "mangeled" and the system starts with a default shell, since even /etc/fstab is not evaluated. - Strange enough, some parts of /bin, /sbin, /usr/.. are intact thus some command work. - No chance to fix it manually via fsck - to many failures (like (double used inodes etc.). - The NB works fine with WinNT and FreeBSD 3.5.1. - Pls. remember: The VIA Southbridge VT82686A (Rev. 0x06) is not the VT82686_B_. - The problem is independent whether I raise on the BSD slices more filesystems (eg. /, /usr,..). Currently I have simply a swap and a /. >How-To-Repeat: Simply reinstall 4.x on that Notebook. >Fix: Simply stay with the old ATA-Drivers/FreeBSD Release. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message