From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 25 09:31:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCAC516A4CE for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:31:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from merke.itea.ntnu.no (merke.itea.ntnu.no [129.241.7.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25FA543D3F for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:31:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from janchris@stud.ntnu.no) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by merke.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9833013C72D; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:31:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from panter.stud.ntnu.no (panter.stud.ntnu.no [129.241.56.186]) by merke.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:31:47 +0100 (CET) Received: by panter.stud.ntnu.no (Postfix, from userid 32277) id 44DBF12D4B; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:31:47 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by panter.stud.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3272912D49; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:31:47 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:31:47 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Christian Meyer To: Norbert Koch In-Reply-To: <003c01c502b2$b2fd34e0$4801a8c0@ws-ew-3.W2KDEMIG> Message-ID: References: <003c01c502b2$b2fd34e0$4801a8c0@ws-ew-3.W2KDEMIG> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Content-Scanned: with sophos and spamassassin at mailgw.ntnu.no. cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdisk/bsdlabel: cannot write to disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:31:49 -0000 On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Norbert Koch wrote: > Sysinstall reported that it cannot write to the hard disk. > Next I only tried to create a new partition inside an > existing slice. The same again. I tried the same manually > with fdisk/bsdlabel and the same happens. I tried it in > single user mode and even booted FREESBIE. Always the same > problem. > > I must be doing something simple very wrong. > But what? What f*cking manual did I not read? man atacontrol? I don't know if your problem is the same as mine, but I recently had a similar issue trying to partition a disk which came up in UDMA100 mode; it wouldn't work until I forced it to UDMA66. I think my problem came from the disk being attached with a less-than-optimal cable, but I haven't researched it further, as I don't need it to be particularly fast. Just a suggestion, though - all standard disclaimers about variations in your mileage apply. Good luck, -Jan Christian