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On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Bernard J. Courtney wrote:

> Hi all,
>  
> (please first be informed that I am not a subscriber of this list, so
> please reply to bc@agoron.com.)
>  
> I am getting errors like those that follow in my daily security check,
> as well as popping up on the screen.  What is causing these to occur and
> how can I fix them.  To me it seems like a hard disk error, are there
> any programs like Scandisk for Win 95 built into FreeBSD 2.2.1?  And if
> so what commands must I execute to run them.
> 
>                       Thanks in advance, and happy holidays to all,
>                                       Bernard Courtney
> palm kernel log messages:
> > <uncorr>

> > wd0s1e: hard error reading fsbn 85735 of 85728-85743 (wd0s1 bn 237319;
> cn 235 tn 6 sn 61)wd0: status 59<rdy,seekdone,drq,err> error 40<uncorr>

Your hard disk has developed a bad sector or is going south on you.  Check
your cabling and interrupts.  If this started happening out of the blue,
you need a new disk.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major