Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 00:58:21 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange error message Message-ID: <199710061528.AAA02197@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Oct 1997 09:05:21 CST." <199710061505.JAA00189@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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> > > > The interrupt timeout suggests that either the drive electronics have > > died, or that you have a connector problem; have you tried removing and > > replugging it? > > I'll try that now. Sigh, the same thing happens. :( OK, probably scratch connector problems then. > Even more interesting is that I can fsck the /usr partition w/out any > problems. ... > > It's possible that the error is such that the firmware on the drive > > crashes trying to deal with it, and this is the cause of the disk > > "cycling" as you describe it. > > That's what I'm thinking. I'd have to rate it pretty high on the probable scale. > > I'm mildly puzzled that the disk works at all in any other situation. > > What sort of disk is it? You say "second" above; do you have another > > identical unit? > > No, I have a smaller 'spare' drive that I keep -current installed on. > My primary disk has two partitions, one for Win95, the other FreeBSD. I > can read all of the DOS partition, and all but the root partition on the > FreeBSD side. What sort of connector does the drive have? Is it a standard small-IDE connector? If so, get a standard<->small IDE adapter and stick the drive in a desktop system. Suck off all your data, and blow a DOS partition onto it. If you can format the DOS partition OK (no errors), then I'll be mildly surprised. If not, you have a warranty return on your hands. mike
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