On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 11:51:20PM -0500, Ming Tang wrote: > Here is the message when I turn on the computer after Memory test is ok: > > > Verifying DMI Pool Data .... > > F1 FreeBSD > > Default: F1 > Invalid slice > Invalid slice > No /boot/loader > > >> FreeBSD/i386 Boot > Default:0:ad(0,a)/kernel > Boot: > Invalid slice > No /kernel > > >> FreeBSD/i386 Boot > Default:0:ad(0,a)/kernel > Boot: > > > It stopped here forever, but I could hear 5-6 relay clicking sound inside the > computer box.
That's pretty clearly a hard drive failure. Still, if that machine has been running continuously since the days of 4.2-RELEASE it hasn't done badly at all. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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