From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 25 16:12:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CE9E16A4E0 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:12:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC2BC43D69 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:12:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p17.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.6/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k7PGBaWK097576; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:11:36 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20060825111057.026ec9b8@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:11:28 -0500 To: up@3.am, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA errors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:12:11 -0000 Run diagnostics from Dell and from the hard drive manufacturer. -Derek At 07:32 AM 8/25/2006, up@3.am wrote: >Hi: > >I just installed FreeBSD 6.1 on a new Dell desktop that's going to act as >a temporary server while I migrate two older servers (4.10-STABLE) over to >all new software, the reconfigure it to act as a remote amanda server when >that's complete. > >I've noticed a bunch of these errors in the syslog: > >Aug 25 11:15:15 testbed kernel: ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry >left) LBA=29736031 >Aug 25 11:27:09 testbed kernel: ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry >left) LBA=12168863 >Aug 25 11:30:15 testbed kernel: ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry >left) LBA=8026047 >Aug 25 11:50:24 testbed kernel: ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry >left) LBA=29736031 > >I did some googling, and found some seem to think it could be a problem >with the disk, whereas others think it's nothing. Before I put this thing >into production, even if it's only going to be there for a couple of days, >I'd like to make sure. > >Please reply directly, as I am not subscribed. > >Thanks! > >James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor >up@3.am http://3.am >========================================================================= > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.