From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 02:26:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B25E116A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:26:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from lvlworld.com (dsl-38.226.240.220.dsl.comindico.com.au [220.240.226.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A897D43D39 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:25:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tigger@onemoremonkey.com) Received: (qmail 626 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2004 10:26:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lvlworld.com) (192.168.1.120) by eeeor.goo with SMTP; 23 Jan 2004 10:26:54 -0000 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 21:27:44 +1100 From: Tig To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040123212744.40975f2d@piglet.goo> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bogosity: No, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.045111, version=0.15.13.2 Subject: failing hardware panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:26:03 -0000 I'm running a FreeBSD 5.2 system and have just started getting a panic/reboot problem. It *appears* to be a hard drive issue. I'm not sure where to start, however, in trying to work out which for the 3 IDE drives has the problem. What commands/tools can I use that will help me to identify the failing disk? (never had a disk fail before) Thanks for any replies. -Tig