From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Apr 29 14:53:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA10946 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:53:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA10834 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:53:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA21276 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for scsi@FreeBSD.ORG); Wed, 29 Apr 1998 23:52:10 +0200 Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.8.7/8.6.12) id WAA15995; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 22:48:59 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wilko Bulte Message-Id: <199804292048.WAA15995@yedi.iaf.nl> Subject: Re: sd1: HARDWARE FAILURE - info ? In-Reply-To: from Penisoara Adrian at "Apr 29, 98 07:58:10 pm" To: ady@warpnet.ro (Penisoara Adrian) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 22:48:59 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organisation: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands X-Pgp-Info: PGP public key at 'finger wilko@freefall.freebsd.org' X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As Penisoara Adrian wrote... > Hi, > > On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > > > In article you wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Sorry to intrude on the list with such a trivial issue, but could > > > someone plese translate for me what this error really means ? > > > > > > --[ From /var/log/messages ]-------------------------------------------- > > > Apr 29 10:21:30 ady /kernel: sd1: HARDWARE FAILURE info:0x3660f0 asc:9,8 > > > Apr 29 10:21:30 ady /kernel: , retries:4 > > > > I don't see a specific entry in the asc, ascq table for 9,8, but 9,0, > > the generic entry for asc 9 errors says: "Track following error". A > > Quantum tech support engineer could probably tell you the exact hardware > > fault responsible. > > So, it has to do with a mechanical "error" ? > Could this message be the result of inadecvate cabling/termination and > use of Ultra speed ("sync. 20Mhz"), or is it surely a error from the > harddisk itself ? > > I insist on this because so far during the test period (3-4 days, > 24h/day) it gave just this error but only when I switched from non-ultra > to ultra... > Of course, there were also those initial MEDIUM READ ERRORs that gave me > the fear of defective hardware, but that was with ultra speed too... If I were you I'd send this drive back to where it came from. HARDWARE FAILURE is not an error I would expect to see in relation to SCSI bus speeds. Sounds like infant mortality to me... Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko @ yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW: http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message