FBSD 2.5.1-p11 | Promise SATA150 TX2plus | Seagate B 200GB - BAD SUPERBLK / Machine freezes up etc

[Louis LeBlanc]

On 11/10/04 10:54 PM, Sebastian Holmqvist sat at the `puter and typed:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:40:13 -0500, Louis LeBlanc
> <freebsd at keyslapper.org> wrote:
> > On 11/10/04 10:29 PM, Sebastian Holmqvist sat at the `puter and typed:
> > > > <SNIP>
> > >
> > > Hey, I found this just now, might be something?
> > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2003-August/002921.html
> > 
> > Not sure if this has been addressed yet.  Looks like it was encountered
> > in August, so I'd think so by now.
> > 
> > Anyone else?
> > 
> > Are you sure this is the one you're seeing?  It's not the same thing I
> > was getting.
> > 
> > Lou
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> 
> I don't get anything but a freeze.
> But I'm looking up atacontrol(8) right now, maybe look into which mode
> I'm running.
> And ata(4) states as follows: 
> ATAPI devices are set to PIO mode by default because severe DMA problems
>      are common even if the device capabilities indicate support.  You can
>      always try to set DMA mode on an ATAPI device using atacontrol(8), but be
>      aware that your hardware might not support it and can potentially hang
>      the entire system causing data loss.

Tried it.  Your hardware may differ, but mine didn't support PIO.

Lou
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