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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 06:51:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net>
To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: wdtimeout() status 58 (wdunwedge failed)
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Thanks, I'm cvsup'ing current right now, later today I'll grap stable and
see if the error occurs.  Could reformating fix anything?

thanks again,

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On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Karl Pielorz wrote:

> 
> 
> Patrick Seal wrote:
> > 
> > I have some more information to add.
> > 
> > Now I'm getting a more serious error(s): (actually a few screensful, here
> > is a sample)
> > 
> > wd0: wdunwedge failed
> > wd0: status 58<rdy,seekdone,drq> error 0
> > wd0: Last time I say: interupt timeout. Probably a portable PC.:
> > wd0: status 51<rdy,seekdone,drq> error 4<abort>
> > wd0: wdtimeout() DMA status 4
> > wd0s1a: wdstart: timeout waiting to give command reading fsbn 4539536 of
> > 4539536-4539591 (wd0s1 bn 4539536; cn 562 tn 120 sn 8)wd0: status
> > a0<busy,wrtflt> error 1a<no_id,tr000>
> > 
> > then it gets a hard errer reading fsbn, swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer
> > and a few other goodies.  The thing about a portable computer is
> > interesting, anyone interested in explaining that one to me?
> 
> Hmmm... Sounds like the drive might be failing... I don't like the 'error
> 4<abort>' bit... The 'Probable a portable PC' comment is thrown up after the
> drive fails to signal with an interrupt... 
> This is usually as the drive has spun down (ala laptop style), hence the
> hopefully useful message...
> 
> By the look of the above I'd guess the drive is having a good try at reading
> the data (causing the first warning) - then finally fails - giving the
> second...
> 
> Check cabling etc. - but it really sounds like the drive is going bad :(
> (wrtflt = writefault?)
> 
> -Kp
> 


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