From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 18 20:04:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 4B78716A400 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:04:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from ms-smtp-04.rdc-kc.rr.com (ms-smtp-04.rdc-kc.rr.com [24.94.166.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 206BD13C480 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:04:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from corinth.polands.org (CPE-75-87-219-217.new.res.rr.com [75.87.219.217]) by ms-smtp-04.rdc-kc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l3IK4cnL006063; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:04:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ammon.polands.org (ammon.polands.org [172.16.1.7]) by corinth.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3IK4bSs071044; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:04:37 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from ammon.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ammon.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3IK4bWR052797; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:04:37 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@ammon.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by ammon.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l3IK4bvG052796; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:04:37 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:04:37 -0500 From: Doug Poland To: Chuck Swiger Message-ID: <20070418200437.GA52578@polands.org> References: <52060.69.129.174.18.1176828969.squirrel@email.polands.org> <20070417130653.a07b6c1c.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20070418193749.GB52435@polands.org> <38DCF62F-9F0E-4DBB-9348-C782E5D182E0@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <38DCF62F-9F0E-4DBB-9348-C782E5D182E0@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/3122/Wed Apr 18 12:53:39 2007 on corinth.polands.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: doug@polands.org, questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran Subject: Re: Exercising ATA disks in hopes of revealing errors 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: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:04:41 -0000 --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 12:51:18PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Apr 18, 2007, at 12:37 PM, Doug Poland wrote: > >I just used the "Drive Fitness Test" for IBM ATA drives on a > >particular disk and it finished without detecting errors. However, I > >see messages like this: > > > >Apr 16 22:51:44 seth kernel: ad3: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC > >error (retrying request) LBA=1904935 > >Apr 16 22:52:02 seth kernel: ad3: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC > >error (retrying request) LBA=8029031 > >Apr 16 23:35:30 seth kernel: ad3: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC > >error (retrying request) LBA=2269287 > >Apr 16 23:37:22 seth kernel: ad3: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC > >error (retrying request) LBA=3612007 > >Apr 16 23:48:17 seth kernel: ad3: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC > >error (retrying request) LBA=1932123 > >Apr 17 21:12:25 seth kernel: ad3: FAILURE - SMART > >status=51 error=4 LBA=12734209 > >Apr 17 21:12:25 seth kernel: ad3: FAILURE - SMART > >status=51 error=4 LBA=12734214 > > > >Do the kernel messages indicate a potential problem with this drive? > > They seem to suggest more of a cabling problem or communications > problem between the drive and motherboard than a problem within the > drive itself. It could also indicate a problem with the ATA driver > against your particular motherboard/chipset-- but without a dmesg or > some hardware details, we can't do better than guess. > > >Whom should I believe, FreeBSD or the disk diagnostics tool? > > Both > Thanks for the response, I'm attaching a recent dmesg for this machine. The drive in question is: ad3: 8063MB at ata1-slave UDMA33 running on: FreeBSD seth.xxxx.xxx 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Thu Feb 22 10:19:42 CST 2007 djp@ammon.xxxx.xxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC-UNP-4BSD i386 -- Regards, Doug --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=dmesg Copyright (c) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Thu Feb 22 10:19:42 CST 2007 djp@ammon.xxxxx.xxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC-UNP-4BSD Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) processor (1403.19-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x644 Stepping = 4 Features=0x183f9ff AMD Features=0xc0440800,MMX+,3DNow+,3DNow> real memory = 259981312 (247 MB) avail memory = 244875264 (233 MB) kbd1 at kbdmux0 ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) acpi0: on motherboard acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x5008-0x500b on acpi0 cpu0: on acpi0 acpi_button0: on acpi0 acpi_button1: on acpi0 pcib0: port 0xcf8-0xcff,0x480-0x48f,0x5000-0x50bf,0x50c0-0x50ff,0x290-0x297 on acpi0 pci0: on pcib0 agp0: mem 0xd8000000-0xdbffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 atapci0: port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x4000-0x400f at device 0.1 on pci0 ata0: on atapci0 ata1: on atapci0 isab0: at device 1.0 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 ohci0: mem 0xdc101000-0xdc101fff irq 11 at device 1.2 on pci0 ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support usb0: on ohci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: SiS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered ohci1: mem 0xdc102000-0xdc102fff irq 11 at device 1.3 on pci0 ohci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support usb1: on ohci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: SiS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered pci0: at device 1.4 (no driver attached) pcib1: at device 2.0 on pci0 pci1: on pcib1 pci1: at device 0.0 (no driver attached) rl0: port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xdc103000-0xdc1030ff irq 11 at device 13.0 on pci0 miibus0: on rl0 rlphy0: on miibus0 rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto rl0: Ethernet address: 00:0a:e6:21:01:c2 acpi_tz0: on acpi0 fdc0: port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: [FAST] fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A ppc0: port 0x378-0x37f,0x778-0x77b irq 7 drq 3 on acpi0 ppc0: Generic chipset (ECP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/16 bytes threshold ppbus0: on ppc0 plip0: on ppbus0 lpt0: on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: on ppbus0 atkbdc0: port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: at iomem 0xc0000-0xcbfff on isa0 sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1403188470 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec ad0: 238475MB at ata0-master UDMA100 ad1: 238475MB at ata0-slave UDMA100 acd0: CDROM at ata1-master PIO4 ad3: 8063MB at ata1-slave UDMA33 GEOM_STRIPE: Device gs0 created (id=505822328). GEOM_STRIPE: Disk ad0 attached to gs0. GEOM_STRIPE: Disk ad1 attached to gs0. GEOM_STRIPE: Device gs0 activated. Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad3s1a --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR--