From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 20 15:48:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC90C16A41F for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:48:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ringworm01@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BFB843D45 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:48:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ringworm01@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i27so611015wxd for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:48:41 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; b=WPgZl0061Wu1W/4JeFwr1QU47Fb8pwKcAQirhtIjuAySe461SrDyuZPqL8TTAGey4zrV/3SHcFgsnsNVKqp8Naztq7/lG2v+a0ADNoXJC5XjCiX0cmN0LjzxzPRAt6U3GY7kB3EWrKqeQxDF+XG2toFcfQeUMkrXFB1zH56nIOA= Received: by 10.70.47.13 with SMTP id u13mr1947610wxu; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:48:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.10? ( [71.102.7.230]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id h9sm1627244wxd.2005.09.20.08.48.41; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:48:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "Michael C. Shultz" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:28:00 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <432FFAFA.4050208@atopia.net> <4330026D.6060903@altern.org> <4330040F.2070006@atopia.net> In-Reply-To: <4330040F.2070006@atopia.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200509200828.01000.ringworm01@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Drives Dieing 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, 20 Sep 2005 15:48:42 -0000 On Tuesday 20 September 2005 05:43, Matt Juszczak wrote: > >> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > >> WARNING: /tmp was not properly dismounted > >> WARNING: /usr was not properly dismounted > >> WARNING: /var was not properly dismounted > >> WARNING: /hd2 was not properly dismounted > >> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 > >> error=40 LBA=2 29575903 > >> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 > >> error=40 LBA=2 29575903 > >> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 > >> error=40 LBA=2 29575903 > >> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 > >> error=40 LBA=2 29575903 > >> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 > >> error=40 LBA=2 29575903 > > > > I had this problem too. (Look in the current archive, in september, > > for a thread called "Problem with deleting files" > > I was told to shutdown dma with atacontrol, and fsck -f > > However, I had no chance to test it. > > I just copied everything I needed, made a newfs, reinstalled the > > system (that's fast as you have all your config files), and today, > > it's working fine, again. (I previously tried to use the copy of the > > /usr I had made, but I experienced lots of problem with X. However, > > you may try to do it) > > If you are able to backup, I think that it's a good solution. > > But smartctl (smart test) shows drive failure in the short test? Isn't > that internal to the drive? > > Also, if this is the case, could this just be bad luck of two drives in > a row? Or could something be wrong with my hardware causing these > drives to die? (controller?) > > -Matt Just out of curiosity would you mind printing the atapci line/lines from dmesg. I get the same sort of problem from a brand new WD 120 gig drive that works fine in another machine so I suspect it has something to do with the controller chip. Mine is: atapci0: and it is listed in man ata(4) as a supported controller. -Mike