At 10:16 Uhr +0200 22.5.2000, Shawn P. Neugebauer wrote:
>First problem: (current) GENERIC-29 had problems with SCSI.  Used SBC-29, and
>the drives + geometries seemed to be id'd correctly.

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>Third (big) problem:  got as far as
>  Automatic boot ...
>  /dev/rsd1a: FREE BLK COUNT(S) WRONG...
>  /dev/rsd1a: 1862 files...
>and I got a bus error in sbc_pdma_out() in fsck_ffs.  But the worst part is
>whatever happens on the way down corrupts the filesystem so that only a
>reinstall will fix it.

Have you tried both SCSI drivers (ncrscsi and sbc)? I don't think fsck(8)
is to blame, as there is little it can do if the SCSI driver does not come
to terms with your disk.

	hauke



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