Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:08:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting around WRITE_DMA errors Message-ID: <0T2rehckIn3Nv9%markus@bsd.trippelsdorf.de> References: <43C96C73.9010904@mindling.com>
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On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:26:11 -0800, Sebastian wrote: > Hi, > Installing 6.0-RELEASE on a new machine. (Have tried 5.4 too). Using a > PCChips M848ALU motherboard with onboard SiS > IDE controller, and a Hitachi 160gb disk. > > When my disk is in UDMA6 (133) mode, FreeBSD dies painfully with many > errors like: > > ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA48 UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) > LBA=316139999 > ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA48 UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) > LBA=316139999 > ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA48 status=51(READY,DSC,ERROR) > error=4(ABORTED) LBA=316139999 > > It then panics and dumps: > > panic: initiate_write_inodeblock_ufs2: already started > Are you sure that your hard drive is not dying? Run smartctl -a /dev/ad0 and see if any errors were being logged. (smartctl is part of the smartmontools port) You should also try another cable. -- Markus
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