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One of my servers -- I believe running 6.x -- developed a HD problem =
last night. The console was displaying the following, over and over =
again:

g_vfs_done():ad0s1d[WRITE(offset=3D970506240, length=3D-16384)error=3D 5
ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA status=3D71<READY,DMA_READY,DSC,ERROR> =
error=3D4<ABORTED> LBA=3D3918703

My FreeBSD servers have been quite reliable since I started using them 4 =
or 5 years ago, so I don't have much experience debugging them.

Can anyone give me a hint about what might be wrong (I assume with the =
HD), and how/if it might be fixable?

TIA: John=20

=93Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.=94 =96 Henry David =
Thoreau