From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Mar 11 11: 0:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (dhcp45-21.dis.org [216.240.45.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C7E137B41A for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:00:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2BIxO301266; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 10:59:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200203111859.g2BIxO301266@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Simon" Cc: "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Mylex RAID Card / Dead Drive? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:41:37 EST." <20020311183639.9CBB937B402@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 10:59:24 -0800 From: Michael Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Thanks for the reply! Everything is *very* clear. Perhaps I didn't > word my question properly. I was wondering if it was possible, for > some strange reason, for a properly functioning drive to return an > unknown event code. My guess is it's not, I just wanted to make > sure as I couldn't find anything regarding this in the archives. Since the event code is unknown, there's no way of knowing what it means. It could be the drive telling you "Happy Birthday" for all the driver can tell. 8) The key item is actually that the controller is reporting the array as critical, suggesting that it's kicked a drive offline. That's what you need to address... -- To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. - Theodore Roosevelt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message