From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 23 08:30:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D94C1065675 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:30:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3469C8FC1D for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:30:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2N8U2xE035062 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:30:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m2N8U25N035059; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:30:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:30:02 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200803230830.m2N8U25N035059@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Christophe Cap Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21387106566B for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:21:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A09D8FC1E for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:21:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2N8LYhY069933 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:21:34 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m2N8LYkt069932; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:21:34 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200803230821.m2N8LYkt069932@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:21:34 GMT From: Christophe Cap To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: i386/122008: Fdisk fails. Cannot install 7.0 Release on P5VD2-MX with Maxtor PATA X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:30:02 -0000 >Number: 122008 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: Fdisk fails. Cannot install 7.0 Release on P5VD2-MX with Maxtor PATA >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 23 08:30:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Christophe Cap >Release: 7.0-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: 7.0-RELEASE >Description: I previously reported issue i386/121115, concerning my SATA drives & FBSD 6.3 Yesterday I send those drives back to Seagate under waranty. To get things going I bought me a PATA drive (no longer trusting SATA). Unfortunately, when I 'm 'slicing' my disk using sysinstall I get an error like 'unable to write filesystem to disk /dev/ad.' When I switch to to TTY1 ther are READ_DMA , WRITE_DMA and CRC errors allover the place. I tried it several times, used other cables, switched to other ide ports, all the same. Since I needed this machine I also tried FreeBSD 6.1, which installed fine on this macine, however during the first boot it also spawned allot of DMA errors, resulting in a kernel crash close to the end of the boot process. Since I needed this machine urgently to recover some data I used a Ubuntu CD to boot. Strangely enough with Ubuntu 6.06 I didn't get any errors and I could acces the disks fine. I'm still a FBSD adept and believer, I used it since 4.7, this is actually the first time it -really- lets me down. I hope the SATA/PATA bugs get fixed soon because this is a real showstopper. >How-To-Repeat: - Get official 7.0-RELEASE ISO's - boot from cd & start install - use standard install method - run fdisk & configure slices&filesystems - commit changes - get an error writing to filesystem - switch to tty1 and you'll see allot of DMA + CRC errors ! >Fix: - No known fix. - I used a Ubuntu to boot, which is hard to admit for a FBSD adebt like me. :-/ >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: