On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:37:12 -0000, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
(long, almost 5 minute, pause here)
command 30
data f07613b0 limit f07263b0 dlen 8192 status 0 error 0
lba 231760 -> 231760, count 16 -> 16 (16)
[0] 0x00 0x07 0x59 0x89 0x03 0xE0 0x58
data err lba lba lba lba obs Status
0x40: E307 0x42: C0000x48: 00
0x4A: 0000
fossil: diskWriteRaw failed: /dev/sdC0/fossil: score 0x00000006: date
Thu
Jan
31 16:45:44 EST 2008
part=data block 6: i/o error
quick reparse of the data you've given. ata command 0x30 (write
sectors) timed out after 1 minute at lba 231760 which is safely under
8GB. the status (register 7) is 0x58 which is
0x08 Drq /* waiting on your data */
0x10 Serv
0x40 Drdy
but the lba read back (assuming it's correct) is 231769. so some
progress has been made -- indicating we're getting some interrupts,
but somehow we've missed one and stalled out.
the real problem is that data > limit by 236kb. i'm not sure how this
could happen. something looks very wrong.
- erik
First of all, lots of thanks for taking the time to help.
Then, I really understand very little, if any, of computer hardware and/or
systems programming. Given that, I dare ask a naive question: Could the
problem be because of running a "32-bit virtual machine" on a "64-bit OS?"
The version of VPC I am using is supposed to be 64-bit. Microsoft's
website says so. And the 32-bit version I had would not even install on
Windows XP x64. In spite of these facts, Windows task manager adds a *32
to the image name of the VPC process which effectively means it is a
32-bit process running in compatibility mode. The emulated machines are
surely 32-bit.
On the other hand, my (32-bit) FreeBSD installation is running prefectly
OK on this same platform.
Right now, I think one way to test any ideas is for me to boot into the
live system and somehow try to access the virtual hard disk. I would be
grateful if someone would instruct me on any diagnostic procedures and/or
various access methods from the live system. Things equivalent to the
UNIX/Linux mount, mkfs, and fsck.
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