Date: 23 May 2005 14:14:10 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk problems Message-ID: <44psvhzu6l.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4292114F.50006@pixelpoint.dk> References: <4292114F.50006@pixelpoint.dk>
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Martin Kruse Jensen <guble@pixelpoint.dk> writes: > I'm having some problems with my FreeBSD 5.3 server, running on an AMD > using IDE disks. The disk is having some problems: > # dmesg > ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA timed out > ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (2 retries left) LBA=18986207 > ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA timed out > ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (2 retries left) LBA=18986335 > ...cut... > ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA timed out > ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (2 retries left) LBA=18973151 > > I'm suspecting some bad blocks, but how do i test for them, and mark > them bad? > I'm extremely new in FreeBSD so be gentle ;o) "What do I do when I have bad blocks on my hard drive?" http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#AWRE But in this case, it doesn't look like bad blocks to me. Much more like electronics problems. [Have you opened the case lately? Try replacing the ATA cable.]
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