From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 22 22:04:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2734816A40F for ; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:04:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carl.gustavsson@bahnhofbredband.se) Received: from mx2.kth.se (mx2.kth.se [130.237.48.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7840443D58 for ; Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:04:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from carl.gustavsson@bahnhofbredband.se) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mx2.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C66E140D97; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:04:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mx2.kth.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx2.kth.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 07274-01-40; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:04:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.9] (c213-100-49-147.swipnet.se [213.100.49.147]) by mx2.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03200140D9C; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:04:17 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <453BEA39.5000508@bahnhofbredband.se> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:01:29 +0200 From: Carl Johan Gustavsson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Freek Nossin References: <007001c6f605$4f5fddf0$9f00000a@edx2> <200610221640.25873.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <200610221640.25873.josh@tcbug.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at kth.se Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: partioning failed X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:04:21 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Sunday 22 October 2006 13:10, Freek Nossin wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I've run into some problems while I was trying to install freebsd >> 6.1 (i386). When I've finished partitioning and the installer >> wants to write the partition data to disk, it fails to do so. I >> used the typical settings, ie one slice on the disc, with a >> default partitioning scheme (except that I merged the /tmp with >> /var). >> >> The installer reports: unable to find device node for >> /dev/ad0s1b. >> >> I tried to use another hard disk, which resulted in the same >> error. >> >> On VTY1 I got the following messages: ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA >> UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=63 ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA >> UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=63 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA >> status=51 error=84 LBA=63 >> >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0 >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0 >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0 >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=0 >> ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=84LBA=0 >> >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=64 >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) >> LBA=64 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=84 LBA=64 >> >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=63 >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) >> LBA=63 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=84 LBA=63 >> >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=63 >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) >> LBA=63 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=84 LBA=63 >> >> System information: Athlon XP 1700+ / 786 MB Asus A7V266 (bios >> v1.11) Maxtor 60 GB >> >> Has anyone any suggestions? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Freek > > I'd try a different cable for the drive. If that doesn't fix it > the controller on the motherboard is probably bad. Hi! If you are using a 40-pin cable and changing to another 40-pin doesn't help, test with a 80-pin cable. FreeBSD can be a bit picky about that. / Carl -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFO+o08UQ1gvZaLdMRAt/hAKCdVWbYJYZ3SVCvdsw3uagRq8I2GQCgiEl1 wsOmOG7XuGrmlt756+TVq8M= =r8I0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----