From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 11 07:09:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA18476 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 07:09:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from odyssey.apana.org.au (odyssey.apana.org.au [203.11.114.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA18470 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 07:08:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dean@odyssey.apana.org.au) Received: from localhost (dean@localhost) by odyssey.apana.org.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA08478; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 23:07:06 +0800 (WST) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 23:07:06 +0800 (WST) From: Dean Hollister To: michael dorin cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: write errors on a 5.2Gig maxtor EIDE drive In-Reply-To: <199712110838.IAA10425@chaski.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, michael dorin wrote: > I just bought a brand new 5.2 Gig maxtor drive. I can install FreeBSD > but when its running I get write errors and the system soon crashes. > I have set the drive up has normal, LBA, and Large with the same > results. > > Should I try a low-level format? > Should I return the drive? > What should I do? Try setting your BIOS to autodetect the type and size. Regards, d. +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Dean Hollister, | dean@odyssey.apana.org.au | | Perth, Western Australia. | deanh@iinet.net.au | +-------------------------------------------------------+