On May 15, 2015, at 6:51 AM, Nick Holland wrote: > 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.
That did it. I remember reading that before, but its been a couple months since I got the machine and finally have a chance to play with it. Thanks
