Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Today I ran offline diagnostics against the SATA drive that I suspected > of causing DMA errors and two system crashes. These offline diagnostics > confirmed a problem with the drive and eliminated FreeBSD as a source of > the problem. I replaced the drive and I'm watching to see if any of the > mystery errors in FreeBSD return (at this point I don't expect them to, > since it seems to have been a defective drive). > > It took a tremendously long time for me to figure out how to fix up the > new drive for use. I'm still not sure what I finally did that > apparently was in the right order and formatted everything correctly. >
That's good news - I'm glad to hear that you are progressing with your issues. Once you have these items under control - you ought to have a more enjoyable experiance with whatever OS you wish to use. -- Best regards, Chris Keep emotionally active, cater to your favorite neurosis. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"