Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 01:54:05 +0200 (CEST) From: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: wdc flags kill filesystem? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910020139490.513-100000@mistress.oldserver.demon.nl>
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I was stupid enough to try the 0xa0ffa0ff flags on a PIIX3 IDE controller to which two old HDD's are connected. It completely blew up the system. Mounting of the second HDD (on which /usr is) at boot looks OK, but as soon as init starts working things blow up. elf/ld... and /usr/libexec/getty cannot be found, and apparently something put the ethernet card out of order as well, though I had not changed anything there in my kernel config. Boot -s works, but after a fsck on the /dev/wd2c on which /usr is, matters remain unchanged. Now this was just a try-out setup, running for a couple of days on the old HDD's until I got myself a newer and bigger one. Still I would like to understand to avoid similar misfortune in more serious circumstances. What flags does one use for older drives (in this case 124 and 201 MB, further details hard to get right now)? Is there a list with more detail and explanation than the one in LINT? Or is there a problem with the PIIX3? It is in the list of DMA-supported controllers IIRC. Version *was* FreeBSD 3.1 (yes, I know, but I have the CD). Motherboard ECS Elitegroup P6FX2-A, dual PPro 180MHz, 56MB RAM (more also coming). ed0=3COM503. Any pointers? TIA! -- Marc Schneiders marc@venster.nl marc@oldserver.demon.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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