From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 21 18:15:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 7395216A537 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:15:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jwm-freebsd-questions@sentinelchicken.net) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A062243D53 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:15:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jwm-freebsd-questions@sentinelchicken.net) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 21 Aug 2006 14:15:41 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.7.5a-GA) with ESMTP id MDH21190; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:15:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 207-172-209-180.c3-0.bkl-ubr2.sbo-bkl.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO skepsi.net) ([207.172.209.180]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with SMTP; 21 Aug 2006 14:15:26 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.08,152,1154923200"; d="scan'208"; a="262128740:sNHT4751487132" Received: (qmail 95408 invoked from network); 21 Aug 2006 14:16:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO crichton.skepsi.net) (10.0.0.101) by aeryn.skepsi.net with SMTP; 21 Aug 2006 14:16:22 -0000 Received: (nullmailer pid 95405 invoked by uid 1000); Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:16:21 -0000 Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:16:21 +0000 From: Jason Morgan To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20060821141621.GD95256@sentinelchicken.net> References: <20060818185903.GB29553@sentinelchicken.net> <444pw72ovu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <444pw72ovu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A0B0202.44E9F749.0032,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=207.172.4.11, so=2006-05-09 23:27:51, dmn=5.2.113/2006-07-26 Subject: Re: Drive Failure or User Error? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:15:43 -0000 On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 03:22:45PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Jason Morgan writes: > > > I was setting up a new server (6.1 i386 STABLE) - more specifically, I > > was mirroring the functioning server drive - when I suddenly got this: > > > > ad0 FAILURE - READ_DMA48 status=51 > > error=40 LBA=611703808 > > GEOM_MIRROR: Request failed (error=5). ad0[READ(offset=313192349696, > > length=131072)] > > > > Along with several more errors, which were very similar. At this point, > > the server pretty much froze and would repeat the error at reboot, and > > as gmirror began resyncing the drive, the server would crash. I've tried > > disabling the mirror, fscking (multiple times), removing disks, and I > > just got done reinstalling (which went just fine) and resyncing. I still > > get the error and the system becomes unusable. > > > > So, my question is - and I suspect this is the case - is this a drive > > failure or some issue with the mirroring process? > > It *is* a drive failure, but I don't understand all of what's > happening there. It is possible that this is not a FATAL drive > failure, but it's hard to be certain from this information. If you > can figure out which file contains the bad sector, you can rewrite > that file and the drive may be able to recover. Thanks for your reply. After messing with it some more, I decided to just send the drive back and see if I have better luck with the replacement. The sector that was damaged was on an almost-empty portion of the disk, which was a bit strange to me. *shrugs* Thanks again, Jason Morgan