Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:30:37 +0100 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: "Brian A. Seklecki" <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: disk error Message-ID: <47B72BCD.9080001@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <1203182898.3213.2.camel@new-host.l33tsdal3.biz> References: <47B71686.7000906@boosten.org> <1203182898.3213.2.camel@new-host.l33tsdal3.biz>
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Brian A. Seklecki wrote: > On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 17:59 +0100, Peter Boosten wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Just found these messages in my logfile. Is it something to worry about? >> I've never seen them before upgrading to 6.3. >> >> ra kernel: ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA48 retrying (1 retry left) LBA=281550271 >> ra kernel: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA48 status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> >> error=4<ABORTED> LBA=281550271 > > Yea -- normally that means a bad sector(*), and where there's one, > there's bound to be more. Failed drive eventually. > > I would pull this server from rotation and run a full surface sector > scan on it (download an ISO of "Hiran's Boot CD") > Brian, thanks for your answer (and sugggestion). Isn't a drive supposed to mark a bad sector as bad and ignore it (that is: not use it anymore)? -- http://www.boosten.org
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