From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 1 20:05:06 2008 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 9454316A419 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:05:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F74D13C461 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:05:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 68so1190143wri.3 for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:05:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=7ymNtA7nMoWdZYaCgxvW1r9YqlCRTpmje9+bNOmzUZM=; b=PfSEEihAiBsfi3+f4U37y2Ih+l5NupQgspPEulWkXQWmft5zpFmqte6QSXmzwF0Y+Hg6L77ymdkMXGgBwas9OIa+ciOi/fmdkdNozaEHNXJVelGEpRcarlyVmq5QlFvv7WVWsQk+BByLg0aOEBi55Q7DgxtFApySeaK30+tzIWk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=F8FGpGrJVDuc+F9lFjKAsO+1xIgNS4PL0QNqru2WoIcxUJKk87GlJN35Rda2m3spilaBGla32Ugyd3v4tyXdgFpXywpkltHLM4HDyOzRHhKe21qx8FI0VUqhSIceqUWXqkp3w/LRryowgAwi1zoQQfrvbJAs2RHc0iF969FU+gw= Received: by 10.142.48.14 with SMTP id v14mr2507793wfv.14.1201896302979; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:05:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.87.9 with HTTP; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 12:05:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 12:05:02 -0800 From: "Kurt Buff" To: "Bill Moran" In-Reply-To: <20080201144656.2c33af82.wmoran@potentialtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080201144656.2c33af82.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: This has begun to annoy me... 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: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:05:06 -0000 On Feb 1, 2008 11:46 AM, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to "Kurt Buff" : > > > > I've been getting this in my daily security email from one of my boxes > > for quite a while, and have been ignoring it, because of workload. > > > > However, it's finally annoyed me enough to pursue it. > > > > What would the significance of the following section be? > > > > zsquid.mycompany.com kernel log messages: > > +++ /tmp/security.4blejPLW Fri Feb 1 03:02:08 2008 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4662143 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113995359 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=112970015 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4668319 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4849151 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=115527359 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113714335 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113715199 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4570911 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=42958719 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113343327 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=117315327 > > > > It looks like disk write errors to me, but I'm not sure. > > > > Thoughts? > > Looks like a failing disk to me. > > Depending on the importance of the data on that drive, make sure you're > getting backups and get a new drive on order. > > If it's always done this, it could also be faulty or non-standard hardware > (such as the SATA controller). That's pretty much what I expected. It's done this since I've been running the machine, about six months now. Given your comment, I expect it's an issue with the controller. Thanks, Kurt