From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 11 17:13:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA08370 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:13:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA08353 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:13:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA24620; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 11:50:58 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603120120.LAA24620@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: soft ecc To: mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 11:50:57 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Mark Hannon" at Mar 11, 96 08:21:58 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Mark Hannon stands accused of saying: > > Hi, > I've been getting a number of warning messages like:- > > wd0a: soft ecc writing fsbn 34576 of 34576-34591 (wd0 bn 34576; cn 8 \ > tn 36 sn 52)wd0: status 50 error 0 > > Should I be concerned? If these persist after you fix your crashes, yes. The 'wd0 bn' field is the one you should be watching; in this case the first attempt at writing to block 34576 on wd0 failed, but a subsequent attempt succeeded. This would tend to imply that that block is on its way out. If the numbers show up all over the place (ie. not just one or two blocks) then the disk itself is dying and should be dumped ASAP. Note that this problem _could_ be a symptom of your other difficulties. > | Mark Hannon,| FreeBSD - Free Unix for your PC| mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au| -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[