Re: Motherboard seemed to kill disk drives, wasn't PSU, cables, disk
- From: gl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jay G. Scott)
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 19:33:26 +0000 (UTC)
In article <42CD8139.CA925B7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tanya <tjtmdOMIT_THIS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[snip]
>
>> the POST always passes. all the OSes begin to install, it seems
>> they ALL go south when they begin to format/fdisk/newfs/mkfs the
>> drive. however, when i manage to boot from another source, it
>> __appears__ the the other source is able to detect that i've
>> just put on Linux/Solaris/W2K partitions, which, i presume means
>> that the partitioning worked that well. lots of files do get put
>> on the disk. fedora automatic desktop install fails, the install
>> thinks, to an installation bug. fedore custom install seems
>> to lock up during mkfs. errr, it locks up, apparently during
>> mkfs. w2k copies a lot of files, but keeps having copy
>> errors and finally gives up. i never see solaris 9 or 10
>> actually copy files, but it appears (see below) that
>> fdisk completes. that would indicate a problem with newfs.
>> but one of those seemed to indicate a problem with the CDrom.
>>
>> all three of these machines have an adaptec SCSI controller.
>> i've tried disconnecting the devices from the card w/o effect.
>> the machine i most recently tried also has an iomega (IDE) zip drive
>> in it (100MB). and it, oddly, wound up with the remnants of
>> a Solaris boot partition on it.
>> (i forgot i left some media in the drive.)
>> that tends to indicate that
>> somehow, the motherboard/OS/something is getting confused about
>> which disk should be in use. i'll get a record of all the IRQ
>> settings and so forth.... (considering one of those OSes said
>> there was a CD rom problem....)
>>
>> the one undeniable common denominator to all of this is ME, of course.
>>
>> i really ought to just move on, but it's just so weird it keeps
>> nagging at me.
>>
>> --
>> Jay Scott 512-835-3553 gl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Head of Sun Support, Sr. Operating Systems Specialist
>> Applied Research Labs, Computer Science Div. S224
>> University of Texas at Austin
>
>hi,
>just real quick: you are trying to instal operating systems?
>(multiple boot?)
NO, i one OS/machine, ie, no multiple boot disks anywhere.
>
>are you installing 1 operating system, shutting off the pc when completed and starting
>it up again (cold boot)?
>are there errors if you try linux for example, only?
nope, not a cold boot.
>
>what you have above (the errors, etc) TO ME (imvho) seem that it could be s/w...
>do you get any errors after installing (completely) only 1 os?
>
>and the os with the cd-rom problem is which?
solaris 9.
>
>are your older hdds (not the scsi ones) also multiple boot? (the ones that worked)
none are multiple boot.
>
>sorry -- i am fairly confused... (plus unfamiliar with some of the programs you refer
>to:) BUT what i would do is:
>1. instal AN os. (completely)
>disable ANY automatic programs (av's etc.) in that os.
>cold boot
>2. instal next os
>disable ITS auto programs
>etc...
>
>the above doesn't seem (to me) like the problem that you previously posted but
>perhaps.......
>sincerely
>Tanya
>
none of the OSes can be installed to completion.
i have two pages of bios notes. the old, working disks in
"machine 2" under the BIOS "main" menu, show a PIO of 4 and an
ultra dma mode of 2. i don't know what this machine showed
for the new disk.
"machine 3" (w2k) has a WORKING 120 GB seagate, st3120022a.
PIO = 4, ultra dma 5.
that's the only difference i can find. everything else matches, IRQs....
both onboard IDE channels enabled, the voltages differ a little,
machine 1 machine 2 machine 3
3.3 V 3.31 3.26 3.36
5 V 5.05 4.81 4.83
12 V 11.90 12.22 12.28
all the other bios stuff matches. haven't put the new bios in yet.
--
Jay Scott 512-835-3553 gl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Head of Sun Support, Sr. Operating Systems Specialist
Applied Research Labs, Computer Science Div. S224
University of Texas at Austin
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