On 05/15/15 07:33, Edgar Pettijohn III wrote: > I am trying to install OpenBSD on a Soekris 4801. I am getting the > following error when I try to partition the disk prior to installing the > sets. I tried 5.7 and 5.6, so I'm guessing this may be a hardware > issues. Hopefully someone out there can provide some insight. > > Thanks in advance, > > Edgar > > /dev/rwd0a: 3051.8MB in 6250080 sectors of 512 bytes > 16 cylinder groups of 202.47MB, 12958 blocks, 25984 inodes each > wd0(pciide0:0:0): timeout > type: ata > c_bcount: 8192 > c_skip: 0 > pciide0:0:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x21 > pciide0 channel 0: reset failed for drive 0 > wd0a: device timeout writing fsbn 16 of 16-31 (wd0 bn 80; cn 0 tn 1 sn 17), > retrying > pciide0:0:0: not ready, st=0x80<BSY>, err=0x00 > pciide0 channel 0: reset failed for drive 0 > wd0a: device timeout writing fsbn 16 of 16-31 (wd0 bn 80; cn 0 tn 1 sn 17), > retrying
I think you will find this applies: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq12.html#i386flash Nick.
