PATA disks/DVD not detected on ATI IXP 700 - cannot boot (dmesg attached)

[Ted Faber]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 08:31:39AM -0700, Ted Faber wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 01:54:42PM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> > > Any ideas?  I'll be able to run more diagnostics under 8.0 tonight.
> > 
> > This could be another of GEOM_PART_BSD vs GEOM_BSD issues.
> > I think this topic has been discussed several times recently on -current.
> 
> This looks like the problem.  Thanks for the pointer.  I remembered
> something like this, but couldn't put my finger on it.  Just to make
> life easier for the next guy the thread with this message (which
> includes the dd hex that fixes it) seems to cover it.
> 
> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=774931+0+archive/2009/freebsd-current/20090118.freebsd-current
> 
> Which looks like the exact right thing for me.  I'll follow up when I
> know for sure, but thanks much for the pointer!

Clearing the old bsdlabel as described in the mail message above fixed
my problem seeing the partition table.  Now I have to fix the apparently
wonky memory,,, >sigh<


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