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From: Bryan Collins <bryan@whaite.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: sysinstall signal 11 when writing partition table during install
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>Number:         35625
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       sysinstall signal 11 when writing partition table during install
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 07 00:30:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:    Fri Mar 8 08:33:26 PST 2002
>Last-Modified:  Fri Mar 08 08:34:25 PST 2002
>Originator:     Bryan Collins
>Release:        4.4R and 4.5R
>Organization:
>Environment:
cannot install
bootstrap loader date - Mon Jan 28 13:01:20 GMT 2002

>Description:
When writing the partition table in sysinstall, signal 11 is
received.
error is
ad0c: hard error reading fsbn 1 (ad0 bn 1; cn 0 tn 0 sn 1) status=59 error=10
ad0: cannot find label (I/O error)
ad0s1c: hard error reading fsbn 1 (ad0s1 bn 1; cn 0 tn 0 sn 1) status=59 error=10

multiple times, then a signal 11 is received in sysinstall

System is Digital Hinote Ultra CT475 notebook
HDD is Toshiba HDD2514 543MB 1053C 16H 63S
Multiple known-to-work HDD tried, all of same geometry.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to install FreeBSD 4.4 or 4.5
FreeBSD 3.4 was originally installed and working OK.
Suspect 3.4 installed with non-standard partition table (freebsd only)
>Fix:
      
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To: Bryan Collins <bryan@whaite.com>
Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: i386/35625: sysinstall signal 11 when writing partition table during install
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 13:11:17 +0200

 On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 12:24:10AM -0800, Bryan Collins wrote:
 > 
 > >Number:         35625
 > >Category:       i386
 > >Synopsis:       sysinstall signal 11 when writing partition table during install
 > >Originator:     Bryan Collins
 > >Release:        4.4R and 4.5R
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > cannot install
 > bootstrap loader date - Mon Jan 28 13:01:20 GMT 2002
 > 
 > >Description:
 > When writing the partition table in sysinstall, signal 11 is
 > received.
 > error is
 > ad0c: hard error reading fsbn 1 (ad0 bn 1; cn 0 tn 0 sn 1) status=59 error=10
 > ad0: cannot find label (I/O error)
 > ad0s1c: hard error reading fsbn 1 (ad0s1 bn 1; cn 0 tn 0 sn 1) status=59 error=10
 > 
 > multiple times, then a signal 11 is received in sysinstall
 
 There may certainly be a problem with sysinstall insomuch as it does not
 process the errors returned by the kernel.  However, the above messages
 suggest that your problem lies mainly with the hard disc drive: those
 'hard error' and 'I/O error' messages surely point to a disc dying or dead.
 
 Possible workarounds include installing FreeBSD into a smaller portion
 of the disc, one without physical media errors, or buying a whole new
 drive..
 
 G'luck,
 Peter
 
 -- 
 Peter Pentchev	roam@ringlet.net	roam@FreeBSD.org
 PGP key:	http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc
 Key fingerprint	FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E  DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553
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From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: i386/35625: sysinstall signal 11 when writing partition table during install
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:24:22 +0200

 Forward a message from the originator into the audit trail
 (Bryan would have done this himself, but his ISP does not provide
 reverse resolving, so the FreeBSD cluster does not accept mail from him..)
 
 G'luck,
 Peter
 
 -- 
 Peter Pentchev	roam@ringlet.net	roam@FreeBSD.org
 PGP key:	http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc
 Key fingerprint	FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E  DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553
 Thit sentence is not self-referential because "thit" is not a word.
 
 ----- Forwarded message from bryan collins <bryan@whaite.com> -----
 
 X-Sender: bryan@whaite.com
 Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 00:20:58 +1100
 To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
 From: bryan collins <bryan@whaite.com>
 Subject: Re: i386/35625: sysinstall signal 11 when writing partition
   table during install
 In-Reply-To: <20020307131116.A4731@straylight.oblivion.bg>
 
 Yes you are correct.
 
 Please accept my apologies for the false alarm.
 
 2 out of 3 disks, you'd never guess.
 Ugh.
 
 Its still odd, I can boot the current OS's on those disks, however
 I cant seem to write a valid partition table.
 
 Sorry again for wasting your time.
 Thanks for your response.
 Bry
 
 
 >There may certainly be a problem with sysinstall insomuch as it does not
 >process the errors returned by the kernel.  However, the above messages
 >suggest that your problem lies mainly with the hard disc drive: those
 >'hard error' and 'I/O error' messages surely point to a disc dying or dead.
 >
 >Possible workarounds include installing FreeBSD into a smaller portion
 >of the disc, one without physical media errors, or buying a whole new
 >drive..
 >
 >G'luck,
 >Peter
 
 ----- End forwarded message -----
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: roam 
State-Changed-When: Fri Mar 8 08:33:26 PST 2002 
State-Changed-Why:  
Although one might argue that sysinstall is partially at fault here 
for failing to notice a problem, the main problem was repoted by 
the kernel - it turned out to be a hard disc drive going bad. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=35625 
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