> > After the reboot I can see: > > 2010/0427 20:53:40 err 4: read /dev/sdC0/isect offset 0xe70c8000 count > > 65536 buf 20ae000 returned 0: > > /boot/venti: part /dev/sdC0/isect addr 0xe6c68000: icachewritesect > > readpart: read /dev/sdC0/isect offset 0xe70c8000 count 65536 buf > > 20ae000 returned 0: > > i don't know why this took me so long to recognize, but after this > was posted i realized we're not getting proper error reporting from sdata > the partition read should never return 0. [...]
this has been sorted out. -1 is now returned (Eio). the underlying problem was a bad spot on the disk. many thanks to pavel for the persistance to help get this tracked down. add'l feature for 9atom: full intel 82575/82576/82580 1/2/4x gbe support, including pxe. - erik
