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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nexus.coast.net!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!oli1!paulz From: paulz@olivetti.nl (Paul van der Zwan) Subject: Disk errors installing 2.0.5R Message-ID: <DAJB3B.1o5@olivetti.nl> Sender: usenet@olivetti.nl (News owner) Organization: Olivetti Nederland B.V. Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 17:54:47 GMT Lines: 22 I've been unable to install 2.0.5-REL on a machine that ran the latest SNAP without a problem and runs DOS without any disk-related problems I keep getting an error code of 10<no_id> on some writes when making the root fs. The disk is a Micropolis 1558 ESDI ( 1224 cyl 15 hds 35 sect.) connected to a WD1007 controller which remaps it to 814 cyl 15 hds 51 sect which is also the geometry DOS uses. When I run FreeBSD fdisk from the boot floppy ( I have tried the original and the one from UPDATES), it keep showing the geometry as 840 cyls which is wrong, even if I manually enter 814 cyls. When I enable badblock detection it detect a bad block every 35 blocks which looks very suspicious to me. Even after a low level format it keeps finding bad blocks every 35 blocks. Any suggestions ??? TIA Paul -- Paul van der Zwan paulz@olivetti.nl Olivetti Nederland B.V. paulzn@olivetti.nl (NeXT-mail)