From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 29 16:05:04 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 0479616A402 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:05:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88E6513C468 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:05:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HWx7A-0002Vp-HU for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:04:40 +0200 Received: from lara.cc.fer.hr ([161.53.72.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:04:40 +0200 Received: from ivoras by lara.cc.fer.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:04:40 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:03:50 +0200 Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigED030AF7BE751561EA85B272" X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: lara.cc.fer.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20060911) In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: Is this a hard drive crash? 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: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:05:04 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigED030AF7BE751561EA85B272 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Janos Dohanics wrote: > I also ran the Seagate drive utility which found no problems with the > drive. When the same kind of crash happened again, I thought the proble= m > may be the IDE controller, I have replaced the motherboard. >=20 > Now it crashed again with the new motherboard - and I don't know what > should I do next: should I just replace an apparently good hard drive? If you know the drive is good (e.g. by testing it in another machine),=20 the first thing you should replace is the power supply. Weird drive=20 behavior is often a sign of weak PSUs. > Also, if this is just a hard drive crash, shouldn't the system keep > going? So, you're saying that if a drive starts giving invalid or=20 noninterpretable communications back to the IDE controller, causing the=20 controller to wedge, which possibly brings down the PCI bus on which=20 it's connecte, tied to the front side bus and the CPU, the OS should=20 just continue? On what? --------------enigED030AF7BE751561EA85B272 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGC+NmldnAQVacBcgRAriwAKD14gYTkgQAPSAt7k2W3TxnBB63twCg1IYt E2AwMkARDcuQd0w/tKYUy2c= =IcX8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigED030AF7BE751561EA85B272--