From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 16 18:30:43 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 6502716A419 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:30:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from smtpq1.groni1.gr.home.nl (smtpq1.groni1.gr.home.nl [213.51.130.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C92813C442 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:30:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from [213.51.130.188] (port=59479 helo=smtp3.groni1.gr.home.nl) by smtpq1.groni1.gr.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQRo8-0004wx-JW; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:30:40 +0100 Received: from cp268254-a.landg1.lb.home.nl ([84.25.65.88]:4830 helo=ra.egypt.nl) by smtp3.groni1.gr.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQRo7-0008D3-KX; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:30:40 +0100 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (xp.egypt.nl [192.168.13.35]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A6F6398C6; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:30:38 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47B72BCD.9080001@boosten.org> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:30:37 +0100 From: Peter Boosten User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Brian A. Seklecki" References: <47B71686.7000906@boosten.org> <1203182898.3213.2.camel@new-host.l33tsdal3.biz> In-Reply-To: <1203182898.3213.2.camel@new-host.l33tsdal3.biz> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080215-0, 02/15/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: disk error 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: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:30:43 -0000 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 >> error=4 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