Bug 17565

Summary: 4.0-RELEASE install does not access IDE drive
Product: Base System Reporter: phred <phred>
Component: kernAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 4.0-RELEASE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description phred 2000-03-23 12:10:00 UTC 
I have been testing installation of a firewall/NAT setup with this system; installation proceeded normally under 3.2-RELEASE (the CD-ROM with Greg Lehey's book).  Since 3.2 ports are no longer available online, and to take advantage of new features such as built-in openssh 1.2, I wanted to install 4.0-RELEASE.  However, after downloading the boot floppies and beginning the install, cannot access the hard drive.  System returns messages such as ad0: HARD READ ERROR, blk 0 status=59, error=04, primary partition table, error reading fsbn 0, etc.  Obviously installation fails at this point.

How-To-Repeat: Reinstalled with different hard drive, adjustments to BIOS settings (i.e., turn off "PNP OS" setting), etc.  As mentioned, system works normally with FreeBSD 3.2, Debian Linux 2.2, Windows NT (ssssh!) and, um, Windows 95.
Comment 1 Poul-Henning Kamp freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-05-23 21:53:34 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Overtaken by events.