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

[Sebastian Holmqvist]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:54:21 -0500, Louis LeBlanc
<freebsd at keyslapper.org> wrote:
> 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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Gah, it's like it wants to tease me :(
What can it be? 
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Sebastian Holmqvist
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