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Date:      Sat, 26 Dec 1998 11:54:07 +0000
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        mel kravitz <mel@switchpwr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: wd0:interrupt timeout message
Message-ID:  <19981226115407.A27713@scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <36846066.133237AF@switchpwr.com>
References:  <36846066.133237AF@switchpwr.com>

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mel kravitz wrote:

> hello,
> getting the following message...
> switch1 kernel log messages:
> > wd0: interrupt timeout:
> > wd0: status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 1<no_dam>

> is this about to be the end of ide drive?

Not necessarily, that is often caused by BIOS power saving having IDE
drives spin down. Disable that is possible. From what I've heard, it
saves very little power and wears the disks out.

-- 
Ben Smithurst
ben@scientia.demon.co.uk

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