Re: install/47513: HP DC5850 can't install - can't write MBR

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

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From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: install/47513: HP DC5850 can't install - can't write MBR
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:24:16 +0100

 On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 02:25:00AM +0000, jeffrey%tram.com@localhost wrote:
 > As it boots from CD (either the AMD or i386 images), it gets through the 
 > dmesg device messages, and then I see strings of these:
 > wd0d: device fault reading fsbn 0 (wd0 bn0; cn0 tn0 dn0), retrying
 > ixpide0:0:0 recal drive fault
 
 Unless there is a driver bug this sounds like failing hardware - is
 there valuable content anywhere on the disk? If not, you could try to
 go to the shell from the utility menu and then do something like:
 
   dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd0d bs=1m
 
 which will try to wipe the whole disk, and may trigger reallocation of bad
 sectors.
 
 Or just replace the disk and see if that helps. I would also recommend to
 switch the bios to AHCI mode.
 
 
 Martin