From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 16 21:21:07 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0243A16A519 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:21:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEB6A13C467 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:21:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay6.apple.com (a17-128-113-36.apple.com [17.128.113.36]) by mail-out4.apple.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0GLL4QR028296; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:21:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay6.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay6.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 4FB8F10090; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:21:04 -0800 (PST) X-AuditID: 11807124-a2cebbb000006d75-b1-45ad41c02ae0 Received: from [17.214.13.96] (unknown [17.214.13.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay6.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id 3736A1008E; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:21:04 -0800 (PST) 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <3E64E786-E7A9-4914-BF29-DE89F25597E3@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:21:03 -0800 To: ceo@l-i-e.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: READ_DMA48 error interpretation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:21:07 -0000 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