From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 18 20:57:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 995C81065675 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:57:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f171.google.com (mail-ew0-f171.google.com [209.85.219.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B1F68FC08 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:57:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so1293042ewy.43 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:57:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rw7MhapMwqDqjUBpwlCKe/zZpADJ1XCMCOBLeOyAIbM=; b=A1itMApFGJYrqTwIJUFm77JvqfRbR6W+xQEu3egJgF84nyZ04QQ9JX18Nj4DaEfgCB xT71sjO8YIKAvUwrXItEdUerDMmbW+UhGi7RaGq5RLoS22MpuiwvO+SpsXmijywYQxoz qxag8eKY9QNV0CEqMLa3a95UN4nQ94RQ5d9rg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=sZWYaY+sgyAZJVumNTSDgQWtEbl0UwIRnjbNxzf3S/VzsjDSrlVPVOjxGcxC0xZc4y 9AxMAiGWhIoROx2XLtt5B3VROmutOzKgpWC8ixwqVR75AQc2cdwbFqtIaucgLPcKbBrO 3+dOmrUOSaD9oGJKkWbAoTp9X21/AbZwZL9DY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.53.5 with SMTP id b5mr4157864eba.21.1240088228173; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:57:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <3ac355210904180833j19a50c77wc3a5b0cc3c949936@mail.gmail.com> References: <3ac355210904180833j19a50c77wc3a5b0cc3c949936@mail.gmail.com> From: Chris Rees Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:56:53 +0100 Message-ID: To: "mac.tc" , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: write_dma error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:57:09 -0000 2009/4/18 mac.tc : > 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 -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?