From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 20 00:13:43 2004 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 D85AB16A4CE for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:13:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ED6843D58 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:13:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i3K7Dcau029140 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:13:39 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i3K7DcX1029139; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:13:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:13:38 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Ming Tang Message-ID: <20040420071338.GB28812@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Ming Tang , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <000901c42693$201aece0$bb56dd0c@n2mt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BwCQnh7xodEAoBMC" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000901c42693$201aece0$bb56dd0c@n2mt.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040416, clamav-milter version 0.70g X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server down, and will not boot up 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, 20 Apr 2004 07:13:44 -0000 --BwCQnh7xodEAoBMC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 11:51:20PM -0500, Ming Tang wrote: > Here is the message when I turn on the computer after Memory test is ok: >=20 >=20 > Verifying DMI Pool Data .... >=20 > F1 FreeBSD >=20 > Default: F1 > Invalid slice > Invalid slice > No /boot/loader >=20 > >> FreeBSD/i386 Boot > Default:0:ad(0,a)/kernel > Boot: > Invalid slice > No /kernel >=20 > >> FreeBSD/i386 Boot > Default:0:ad(0,a)/kernel > Boot: >=20 >=20 > It stopped here forever, but I could hear 5-6 relay clicking sound inside= the computer box. That's pretty clearly a hard drive failure. Still, if that machine has been running continuously since the days of 4.2-RELEASE it hasn't done badly at all. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --BwCQnh7xodEAoBMC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAhM2idtESqEQa7a0RAnpKAKCUH4oujtWnTVTQ6dlEvwA2B29mnACffqyo yiLq33+pqba3rdjT5UHtL2Y= =2yi5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BwCQnh7xodEAoBMC--