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Date:      Fri, 06 Dec 2002 09:34:09 -0800
From:      Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
To:        "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ATA errors
Message-ID:  <3DF0DF91.1050002@pantherdragon.org>
References:  <005401c29d44$b0e24130$c00c460a@pro.tl.thomcorp.net>

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Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> Can anybody explain what has happened here?  My machine seems to be
> functioning normally.
> 
> ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting
> ata0: resetting devices .. ata0-slave: ATA identify retries exceeded
> done

This is almost always the sign of a bad cable, but it can also be the 
logic board on the drive dying (though much rarer).  Check your cables. 
  Better yet, go to your local hardware store and buy a new ATA/100-spec 
cable, flat, not rounded, preferably with pull-loops.



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