From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 24 12:07:19 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 344DD16A4CE for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:07:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA8E43D91 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:06:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id i0OK5OO4052599; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:05:24 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:05:24 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Ryan Petty Message-ID: <20040124200524.GB74242@dan.emsphone.com> References: <9EDAFD6A-4EA6-11D8-8651-000A95B341E0@xero.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9EDAFD6A-4EA6-11D8-8651-000A95B341E0@xero.net> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WRITE(06). CDB: error in /var/log/messages 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: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 20:07:19 -0000 In the last episode (Jan 24), Ryan Petty said: > I am not a new user to FreeBSD, but I am seeing some errors in > /var/log/messages that I am not familiar with and have had difficulty > finding a definition and ultimately a resolution. > > I have researched the FreeBSD documentation, but my searches lead to > developer information which does not answer my question (at least in > a way I can understand it). > > A sample of the errors is found below: > > Jan 24 11:03:44 homer /kernel: (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): WRITE(06). CDB: a b a2 73 8 0 > Jan 24 11:03:44 homer /kernel: (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR info:17f asc:14,1 > Jan 24 11:03:44 homer /kernel: (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Record not found field replaceable unit: 1 > Jan 24 11:04:12 homer /kernel: (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): WRITE(06). CDB: a 11 65 df 20 0 > Jan 24 11:04:12 homer /kernel: (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR info:17f asc:14,1 > Jan 24 11:04:12 homer /kernel: (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Record not found field replaceable unit: 1 > Jan 24 11:05:29 homer /kernel: (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): WRITE(06). CDB: a 0 2 1f 20 0 > Jan 24 11:05:29 homer /kernel: (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR info:17f asc:14,1 > Jan 24 11:05:29 homer /kernel: (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Record not found field replaceable unit: 1 > > What do these errors mean and how do I fix them--or is this a sign of > a dead or dying drive or SCSI controller? Looks like a drive about to fail. Depending on the vendor, you may have to run a diagnostic program that displays the SMART info before they'll replace it. You can also dump the same data with the sysutils/smartmontools port. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com