i386/122008: Fdisk fails. Cannot install 7.0 Release on P5VD2-MX with Maxtor PATA

[Bruce Cran]

The following reply was made to PR i386/122008; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Cran <bruce at cran.org.uk>
To: Christophe Cap <christophe.cap at gmail.com>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: i386/122008: Fdisk fails. Cannot install 7.0 Release on P5VD2-MX
 with Maxtor PATA
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:02:10 +0000

  From looking through the logs it looks like you're using a VIA 8237S 
 ATA controller.  Somebody else came across what sounds like the same 
 problem with that chipset just a couple of weeks ago 
 (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-March/171027.html) 
 and says they solved it by replacing the cables - even after previously 
 swapping them.   This does sound very suspiciously like a cable problem 
 - could you try swapping them again please?
 
 --
 Bruce