Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 20:09:55 +0100 From: "Henrik W Lund" <laksefiskerbsd@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hard error?? Message-ID: <F184M5TPhrOFoqinGE50000315f@hotmail.com>
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>Is this a bug in the FreeBSD ATA driver then? I used an IBM DeskStar >drive and had Linux running perfectly well on it. I backed up all my >data, deleted the partitions and went to install FreeBSD on it. The >installation failed with lots of 'hard error' messages. Did FreeBSD >kill my hard drive, or was it just luck that I got my data off the drive >with minutes to spare? I know DeskStar drives are notorious for >failure, but I did indeed have DMA66 and DMA33 drives on the same >channel, and thought it a bit suspicious that the drive died at the >instant I tried to install FreeBSD. > >Bruce Cran Yeah, this also occured to me, as I have been running WinXP on my drive without problems. The really wierd bit is that I only get the messages when writing to (or reading from) /usr (i run a dedicated partition for /usr. You know, the automatic single disk setup when installing FreeBSD). Wait, maybe that isn't so wierd after all. Anyway, I want to know for sure that this disk failure is not due to any FreeBSD shenanigans, as I do not want to buy a new drive and install FreeBSD to it, only to have it crash on me just days later. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger http://www.msn.no/messenger - Den korteste veien mellom deg og dine venner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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