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Date:      Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:29:27 +0000
From:      jcr <jcr@canuck.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DMA errors
Message-ID:  <436A7327.6080901@canuck.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <436A6904.6050207@math.missouri.edu>
References:  <436A6904.6050207@math.missouri.edu>

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Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> I found these messages on my computer, which is running a very recent 
> RELENG_5. Is this bad? Does it indicate that the disk is failing?
>
> Nov 3 07:35:48 cauchy kernel: ad4: FAILURE - READ_DMA
> status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> LBA=145908831
> Nov 3 07:35:51 cauchy kernel: ad4: FAILURE - READ_DMA
> status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> LBA=145908863
> Nov 3 07:35:55 cauchy kernel: ad4: FAILURE - READ_DMA
> status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> LBA=145908895
> Nov 3 07:35:59 cauchy kernel: ad4: FAILURE - READ_DMA
> status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> LBA=145908895
>
It could be a problem with the disk, the cable, or possibly software.

Try smartctl -a /dev/ad4 as root to find out if the errors were recorded 
by the drive.

Now is a good time to do a backup, just in case :)
-- 
</jcr>



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