Hello list, I have decided to give FreeBSD a try but I am having a issue that I need help with. I apologize for the length of the email. I just want to ensure that I give enough information to see if anyone can help.
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Well I am running FreeBSD 4.8. It (FreeBSD) is installed on the second hdd on my system. Which is ad1. The first drive ad0 has windows and SuSE linux on it. I have been able to get FreeBSD to boot and it seems to work properly. But when I try and copy a file from a CD to the FreeBSD drive, I get some error messages. Below is the procedure that I used to try and copy the file and the error messages that come with it. # mount /cdrom (system tells me that the cd is mounted with Rock Ridge extensions) # cp /cdrom/some-file ~ (And now the messages) ad1: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices -- done This one repeats for about 5 times. Then this one occurs. ad1: removed from configuration done handle_workitem_freeblocks: block count >From here on out, I cannot control the system and have to do a hard reboot :( This is with a 75M file that I am trying to transfer over. After the reboot, I try with a smaller file. It will transfer but will give at least one of the ad1: WRITE messages. I tried the above file again and I was greeted with the WRITE errors but it finally completed. Judging by the error messages, the system is telling me that there is a problem with the drive. Well I shutdown the system and looked again at the jumpers on the drives. They are set correctly. Next I go out to the net and get a diagnostic utility for the hard drive and run it on the drive. It passed with flying colors. I even reinstalled FreeBSD and even installed the 5.1 to see if the same thing occurs and it does. Does anyone have a clue what might be going on here? Any help will be appreciated! I noticed when I install FreeBSD that it somehow changed how the drive is seen in BIOS. Before installation with the drive wiped clean it shows up as a LBA drive. After installation, it shows up as a CHS drive. During the probes that occur when installing, I see that it sees 2 "c" drives and 2 "d" drives. Is this normal?? Again thanks for the help! -- Marshall "Nothing is impossible, we just do not have all the answers to make the impossible, possible." _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
