Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:21:03 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: ceo@l-i-e.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: READ_DMA48 error interpretation Message-ID: <3E64E786-E7A9-4914-BF29-DE89F25597E3@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <1398.216.230.84.67.1168982036.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> References: <1398.216.230.84.67.1168982036.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com>
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On Jan 16, 2007, at 1:13 PM, Richard Lynch wrote: > I know the messages below mean the hard drive or IDE cards are having > problems. But is this like RED ALERT or more like YELLOW or what? If you have current backups, it's a yellow alert. Otherwise... > And what do I do about it? > > umount and fsck everything a lot? > swap cards/drives around until it stops? > Ignore it and pray? Try installing the sysutils/smartmontools port and run a drive self- test. That will give you a much better assessment of the state of the drive and whether it is likely to completely fail in the next 24 hours... -- -Chuck
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