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Date:      Mon, 03 Aug 1998 09:12:25 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Chris <chrisj@outcast.media-net.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: WD errors 
Message-ID:  <199808031612.JAA14148@antipodes.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Aug 1998 10:40:12 CDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980803103400.419A-100000@outcast.media-net.net> 

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> within the last week i have been running into problems when the system
> will go idle. It will still take something like telnet/http/ftp
> connections but will never complete them and allow the login. it will
> connect up but then never display a prompt. Errors on the console are as
> follows. wd0s1f: wdstart: timeout waiting to give command reading fsbn
> 3148892 of 3148892-3148893 (wd0s1 bn 3689468; cn 229 tn 167 sn 62)wd0:
> status 80<busy> error 80<badblk>. after afew screens of that the message
> will turn to  wd0: wdunwedge failed:
> > wd0: status 80<busy> error 80<badblk>
> > wd0s1f: wdstart: timeout waiting to give command reading fsbn 3148892 of
> 3148892-3148893 (wd0s1 bn 3689468; cn 229 tn 167 sn 62)wd0: status
> 80<busy> error 80<badblk>. the system will remain on-line (ie pingable)
> but will no longer display a console login either. a hard boot will take
> care of the problem but once the system drops into idle again they will
> reserface.

Your disk seems to be struggling with a bad block.  The best thing to do
at this point is throw the disk out and get a new one, as with any
modern IDE disk you will only get to this point once all of the
available spare sectors have been used up.

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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