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Date:      Wed, 29 Apr 1998 22:48:59 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        ady@warpnet.ro (Penisoara Adrian)
Cc:        gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sd1: HARDWARE FAILURE - info ?
Message-ID:  <199804292048.WAA15995@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980429194648.9241B-100000@ady.warpnet.ro> from Penisoara Adrian at "Apr 29, 98 07:58:10 pm"

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As Penisoara Adrian wrote...
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> 
> > In article <Pine.BSF.3.96.980429110143.6685B-100000@ady.warpnet.ro> 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
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