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Date:      Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:56:53 +0100
From:      Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com>
To:        "mac.tc" <raszobbi@gmail.com>,  "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: write_dma error
Message-ID:  <b79ecaef0904181356t269d75e3m1aec9dd5c148c274@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <3ac355210904180833j19a50c77wc3a5b0cc3c949936@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <3ac355210904180833j19a50c77wc3a5b0cc3c949936@mail.gmail.com>

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2009/4/18 mac.tc <raszobbi@gmail.com>:
> hi, can anyone tell me what this message is related to?
>
> WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=62939519
>
> drive/hardware failing?
> i am seeing a lot of it lately on a particular disk where i have tried a few
> different installs and don't always
> get this problem. i have seen it disappear after some painstaking before a
> reinstall this disk, like wiping the whole disk clean before install,
> checking geometry is right, but maybe coincidence?
> it is a sata300, 7.2 beta1 amd64 and i am thinking there is problem with the
> disk, but the error varied a bit with different installs (i.e. whether i see
> the error or not)

I'd be inclined to agree with you on the disk dying bit.... What disk
exactly is it?

Chris

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