From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 09:19:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E864616A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:19:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wopr.ife.no (wopr.ife.no [128.39.4.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FCB643D53 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:19:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stein@ife.no) Received: from [128.39.229.229] (dhcpaddr1.ife.no [128.39.229.229]) by wopr.ife.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA12735 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:19:45 +0100 (CET) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) In-Reply-To: <20050120210923.GJ1168@manor.msen.com> References: <20050119151301.A22310@Denninger.Net> <8eea040805011913334b140af6@mail.gmail.com> <8eea04080501191506237fc762@mail.gmail.com> <20050119171504.A23623@Denninger.Net> <41EF22F0.7010009@errno.com> <20050119213605.B26294@Denninger.Net> <20050120210923.GJ1168@manor.msen.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Stein M. Sandbech" Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:20:39 +0100 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Subject: Re: Bad disk or kernel (ATA Driver) problem? - SOLVED X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:19:49 -0000 On Jan 20, 2005, at 22:09, Michael R. Wayne wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 09:36:05PM -0600, Karl Denninger wrote: >> >> What 'other vendor' have you found that makes RELIABLE SATA disks in >> the >> high capacity (e.g. 200-300gb) arena? > > WD now makes a SATA RAID line. HIGHLY recommended by 3ware. > FYI, Im using a Maxtor 6B200M0 200GB Serial ATA disk in a Shuttle XPC. FreeBSD 5.3R. I'm having problems with this disk just after startup, and it seem to me its related to temperature. Occationally, when starting up with disk @ room temperature I usually get a handfull of the checksum errors listed below. If it been sitting in the car for a while and temp is down to 15C or below, it wont start at all. Just giving a lot more of the CRC errors, and usually a kernel panic. I sometimes heated the disk with a hairdryer ;-) The normal procedure is now to start the PC and stop the boot process, and let the system heat up by itself, 5mins usaually. Any got similar experiences with the Maxtor SATA's? If this is the norm, I'd rather stay away from these Maxtor products... ----------------------- Jan 9 16:35:43 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=209417132 Jan 9 16:35:43 biosphere kernel: ad4: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA status=51 error=84 dma=0x02LBA=209417132Jan 9 16:35:43 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=209679308 Jan 9 16:35:43 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=210203692 Jan 9 16:35:43 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=210203692 Jan 9 16:35:43 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=209941484 Jan 9 16:35:43 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=209941484 Jan 9 16:35:43 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=209950124 Jan 9 16:35:43 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=209950124 Jan 9 16:35:43 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=209941484 Jan 9 16:35:47 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=302277292 Jan 9 16:35:47 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=302099020 Jan 9 16:35:55 biosphere kernel: ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (2 retries left) LBA=302077068 Jan 9 16:35:55 biosphere kernel: ad4: FAILURE - READ_DMA timed outJan 9 16:35:59 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=210465708 Jan 9 16:36:00 biosphere kernel: ad4: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=221218956 -------------------------- Best Regards Stein Morten