From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 14 0:20:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8A2937B423 for ; Mon, 14 May 2001 00:20:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f4E7KHk40122; Mon, 14 May 2001 00:20:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Bill Desjardins" , Subject: RE: ida0: soft error ? Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 00:20:17 -0700 Message-ID: <007001c0dc46$53dba960$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG How did you replace it? Did you just stick it in or did you run the Compaq raid utility after doing this? Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Bill Desjardins >Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 10:10 AM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: ida0: soft error ? > > >Hello, > >couldnt find a good answer for this in the archives, so here goes. > >I have a copmpaq 2500 with a smart-2/p array controller and 5 9gig >drives. today the controller reported that one of the drives had >an 'iminent failure' that was going to happen to one of them. I replaced >that drive with another drive that has not previously given problems, and >since installing it, I get tons of ida0: soft error. from what I did see >in the archives, a soft error appears to be when the controller tries to >write to the disk and is unsuccessful the first time, but a 2nd try >works. Is this the case? if so, is it due to the new drive rebuilding and >does that error go away after the rebuilding process? If it doesnt go away >after the rebuilding process, where do I look to diagnose the problem? > >I am just getting to learning and using raid so any help or direction you >can give is appreciated. > >TIA, > >Bill > >-- >Bill Desjardins - bill@carracing.com - (USA) 305.205.8644 >Unix/Network Consulting - perl/mod_perl/SQL development >http://www.CarRacing.com - Powered by FreeBSD/mod_perl > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message