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To: David Fleck <david.fleck@mchsi.com>
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Subject: Re: IDE drive - "hard error reading fsbn..." - recoverable?
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On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 05:26:27PM -0500, David Fleck wrote:
>  Oct 23 16:58:12 grond /kernel: ad0s1e: hard error reading fsbn 29926527 of 
>  9843232-9843263 (ad0s1 bn 29926527; cn 1862 tn 214 sn 15) status=59 
>  error=40
> 
> Is this likely a one-time thing, or a symptom of creeping disk death?
>   (The 'hard error' messages only started after the reboot.)
> 

You could try /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools to run S.M.A.R.T.
selftests on the drive.

Try things like this:

### Test 1:
# smartctl -a ad0 | more

### Test 2:
# smartctl -t offline ad0
<then wait for offline selftests to complete, then again:>
# smartctl -a ad0 | more

### Test 3:
# smartctl -t long ad0
<again wait for selfttests to complete, then again:>
# smartctl -a ad0 | more

Regards,
-cpghost.

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