From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Jan 26 22:38:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A49637B401 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 22:38:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id XAA47049; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 23:38:13 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ken) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 23:38:13 -0700 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: Hank Marquardt Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dying disk ... Message-ID: <20010126233813.A46986@panzer.kdm.org> References: <20010125150722.A288@oscar2.yerpso.net> <20010125174624.A37036@panzer.kdm.org> <20010125203946.A53543@hermes.yerpso.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20010125203946.A53543@hermes.yerpso.net>; from hmarq@yerpso.net on Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 08:39:47PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 20:39:47 -0600, Hank Marquardt wrote: > Thanks, heat is an interesting thought ... it's a dual P133 machine in > fairly close quarters (inside the case); though it was running solid > for close to 30 days before the first lockup (4.2 Stable update/boot > around 12/15) and another couple months before that with no issues -- > further, the dmesg I originally sent was from less than 15 minutes > running after having been powered off for over 24 hours -- I don't > think I'd get a heat problem that quick unless something was seriously > screwed up -- of which there was no evidence when I opened the case. > > The drive is a Segate ST19171W attached to a 2940 card -- CD also SCSI > has functioned and been recognized throughout all the episodes. That disk isn't known for any particularly bad behavior, IIRC. So your disk may indeed be on its way out. I'd suggest getting a new one, that way you aren't up a creek if it does finally croak. If it doesn't, you've got some extra disk space. :) Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message