Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 10:14:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Christopher Rose <crose@mogli.rutgers.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: stupid toshiba laptop Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970721101255.1259H-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <9707191823.AA01223@mogli>
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On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Christopher Rose wrote: > I'm not even sure you're the right folks to contact about this but > here goes anyway: > > 1) Toshiba laptop (tecra 510CDT with 2.xG disk) > > 2) Problem: disk error messages, specifically > timeout and busy errors which hang the system. > Particularly bad if you try to run a bad block check. > Drive gets into a loop which makes it go > brpbrpbrp... until cows come home (never since I live > in a city). Hm.... > 3) Even more specifically: > > a) Freebsd v2.2.2 > b) Cdrom installation > > c) Installing on second half of hard disk (enhanced ide controller) > (linux is on first half... will deep six whichever one gives more > trouble... linux has similar problems but seems to work around them [ > then crash much later :)] > > d) Disk Error messages: > > wd0: interrupt timeout: > wd0: status 50 <rdy,seekdone> error 0 > wd0: interrupt timeout: > wd0: status 50 <rdy,seekdone> error 1<no_dam> > > then complete and utter disk thrashing. Have you tried disabling IDE spindown? That's what usually spawns those messages. Or disk overheating. > e) Just wierd (to me): > Disk is 4200/16/63 but BIOS insists that > it's 525/128/63. Might this be a problem? > I have not tried forcing the geometry > yet, but will do so soon at the rate I'm going No, it should be OK. If you got installed, you're fine :) > 1) Is this a known OS problem with this particular type of laptop? Not that I know of. Laptops are a weird breed though. > > 2) Does this in your great experience sound more like a disk > controller problem (toshiba has been singularly unhelpful... want to > sequester my machine for 2 weeks while they brood over the problem) Not yet. Need...more...data :) If you have any more disk or controller console messages those would be helpful. Good luck.. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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