Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 18:24:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Eliuk <cagey@kevin.sunshine.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re:OOPS: Question on preparing for Re-Install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970419182028.315B-100000@kevin.sunshine.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970416060117.209A-100000@kevin.sunshine.net>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Kevin Eliuk wrote: > Hi again, > > Currently running 2.2.1-RELEASE > My PC: Micronics Weitek 386-20 > My memory: real memory = 5242880 (5120K bytes) > avail memory = 3235840 (3160K bytes) > My peripherals: sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard > sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> > sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa > sio0: type 16550A > sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa > sio1: type 16450 > lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > lp0: TCP/IP capable interface > fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa > fdc0: NEC 765 > fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in > fd1: 1.2MB 5.25in > wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa > wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <Maxtor 71084 AP> > wd0: 1036MB (2121840 sectors), 2105 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, > 512 B/S > (LBA OnTrack 7.04) > > I am currently planning on doing a complete re-install from floppy disks > because of ongoing hard drive problems before resorting to pulling the > drive and having it tested. > > Q: Should I follow the instructions for preparing the partition on the > hard drive as described under ESDI in the handbook. > (primarily regarding the topic of bad block sectoring) > I've done the re-install and Although I don't have the original of your reply I remember your comment about "another Maxtor drive failing" well I'm pleased (although slightly embarassed) to say it was "another Maxtor owner failure to read all the instructions" failure :-! Everything seems hunky dory, ran lmbench without a crash but I gather without more memory it dogs down in the in the latency tests because its defaults are minimum 8MB. Is this true? And just today I noticed at: Boot: Bad bad sector table AND the it proceeds to load. Comments appreciated :-) _______________________________________ |\ /| | \ kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net / | | \ Kevin G. Eliuk / | | /^\_________________________/^\ | | / \ | |/--===### Powered By FreeBSD 2.2.1 \| | www.freebsd.org | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________ |\ /| | \ kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net / | | \ Kevin G. Eliuk / | | /^\_________________________/^\ | | / \ | |/--===### Powered By FreeBSD 2.2.1 \| | www.freebsd.org | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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