From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 12 02:19:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA20626 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 02:19:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (zippy.cdrom.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA20615 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 02:19:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.cdrom.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id CAA17890; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 02:19:37 -0800 (PST) To: cpl92@fx.ro cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sever ide hdd crash (also re:Another instance of the crash I was seeing) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:05:47 +0200." <364A0A3A.EEBFB63A@fx.ro> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 02:19:36 -0800 Message-ID: <17881.910865976@zippy.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > computer I received the BIOS message PRIMARY HDD FAILURE. Since then, my > BIOS says that I don't have a HDD inside (actually I have a Quantum > Fireball UDMA 4.3 Gb). I hope that the vendor will change the damaged > hdd, but I am quite sure that this is a very serious problem in FreeBSD > kernel. I very seriously doubt it. There are a lot of interesting things that kernel bugs can do to your data but, unless they exercise it heavily and surreptitiously in the night, there's not much they can do to cause the early retirement of your hard disk. What you have there sounds like a plain, old-fashioned, simple, hard disk failure. Not space aliens, not the ghost of Elvis trying to communicate with the living through your hard drive, but what the spanish call "el seagate muerte" Your drive is dead, Jim. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message