From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 17 14: 4:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chmls20.mediaone.net (chmls20.mediaone.net [24.147.1.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8ACD37B41B for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:04:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from sickness (test4.peter.Metro2000.NET [216.177.0.48]) by chmls20.mediaone.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fAHM5qx08398; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 17:05:52 -0500 (EST) From: "David Loszewski" To: "'Nils Holland'" , Subject: RE: harddrive error Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 17:03:48 -0500 Message-ID: <000601c16fb3$bd50c1e0$3000b1d8@sickness> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 In-Reply-To: <20011117205613.R37932-100000@jodie.ncptiddische.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yea, I'm just using a normal 33/66 cable, I'd assume that it's 80 pin since it's just a normal IDE cable. This harddrive did work on one of my other machines so I'll try the new cable when I get home. Is FreeBSD really sensitive when it comes to what cables you use?? Dave -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Nils Holland Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 3:03 PM To: David Loszewski Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: harddrive error On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, David Loszewski wrote: > Does this error mean that my harddrive is going? Or just that it has a > few bad sectors? What can I do to fix it? > > Nov 17 15:35:55 suicidal /kernel: ad0s1a: UDMA ICRC error writing fsbn > 1183935 of 67648-67659 (ad0s1 bn 1183935 > ; cn 73 tn 177 sn 39) retrying This *could* mean that your data gets currupted while it tavels from your HD to your computer. Most likely cause: A problem with your IDE cable. Are you using a 80-pin cable? For UDMA66 and up, this is neccessary. Also, there's only one drive formally allowed to operate in UDMA66 (or 100) mode on any given cable (although I have heard about cases where two devices actually worked). Keep in mind that this is just my guess. It could well also be a fault with your HDD itself. The easiest way to find out if this is the case is to try your HDD with a different cable, and if that fails, in a different machine (or at least with a different mainboard). If your drive still produces these errors in a different machine using a different IDE cable, it looks as if your drive has a serious problem. If that is the case, backup your data as far as possible, and get a new drive (or send your current drive in for warranty service, if still applicable). Greetings Nils Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message