Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 08:30:03 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/35625: sysinstall signal 11 when writing partition table during install Message-ID: <200203081630.g28GU3p21865@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/35625; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: i386/35625: sysinstall signal 11 when writing partition table during install Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:24:22 +0200 Forward a message from the originator into the audit trail (Bryan would have done this himself, but his ISP does not provide reverse resolving, so the FreeBSD cluster does not accept mail from him..) G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 Thit sentence is not self-referential because "thit" is not a word. ----- Forwarded message from bryan collins <bryan@whaite.com> ----- X-Sender: bryan@whaite.com Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 00:20:58 +1100 To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> From: bryan collins <bryan@whaite.com> Subject: Re: i386/35625: sysinstall signal 11 when writing partition table during install In-Reply-To: <20020307131116.A4731@straylight.oblivion.bg> Yes you are correct. Please accept my apologies for the false alarm. 2 out of 3 disks, you'd never guess. Ugh. Its still odd, I can boot the current OS's on those disks, however I cant seem to write a valid partition table. Sorry again for wasting your time. Thanks for your response. Bry >There may certainly be a problem with sysinstall insomuch as it does not >process the errors returned by the kernel. However, the above messages >suggest that your problem lies mainly with the hard disc drive: those >'hard error' and 'I/O error' messages surely point to a disc dying or dead. > >Possible workarounds include installing FreeBSD into a smaller portion >of the disc, one without physical media errors, or buying a whole new >drive.. > >G'luck, >Peter ----- End forwarded message ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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