Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 06:37:02 -0800 From: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 9.0-RELEASE amd64 Bricked My Hard Drive Message-ID: <CAFuo_fwQv2TTcyaOBW19njSJuc0EDg17hYUxmD0bHDrgbF%2B3yQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1325848888.86578.YahooMailNeo@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <4F0517BA.1050405@mykitchentable.net> <1325819792.82542.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <CAFuo_fxUsvtNbRRy4WS34hW9=JCEhKAMYQd7h9cKseDDd%2Bdh2w@mail.gmail.com> <1325848888.86578.YahooMailNeo@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I had been running a similar computer with Windows XP with it. The > drive was working fine a few moments before I did the install. I have > a utility to test hard drives which boots from CD but like I said, when > this drive is on a cable connected to any machine, booting is a > non-option. I have an old IDE controller but it's ISA and I have > not ISA slots on this computer. Looks like I may have to try the USB > drive boot option to get on with this rescue. > > Weirdness.. ok, i was wondering - you said you installed an old drive to check it out, and I was thinking hmm 80gb, maybe setting on the shelf for a decade :) I do recall having a similar issue with a drive, but it was years and years ago- my memory hazed, and not necessarily (probably not) related to FreeBSD install. If you aren't getting POST then it sounds hardware related to me. Good Luck, Waitman
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