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To: Michael Edenfield <kutulu@kutulu.org>
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Subject: Re: ad0: FAILURE - SET_MULTI -- should I be worried?
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It seems Michael Edenfield wrote:
> ad0: FAILURE - SET_MULTI status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=4<ABORTED>
> GEOM: create disk ad0 dp=0xc165f560
> ad0: 19470MB <QUANTUM FIREBALLlct20 20> [39560/16/63] at ata0-master
> UDMA33
> 
> I was wondering if this error meant there was something wrong with the
> hardware, that something is "about to be" wrong with the hardware, or if
> this is just a harmless warning?  These are old PII Celeron systems, so
> I wouldn't be shocked if the drive is about to explode, but if this is
> some advanced warning I hopefully have time to replace it :)

It just says that your drive doesn't support multiple sectors/interrupt,
no harm done, the ATA driver just wont use mulitple sectors then...

-Søren
                       .. but it works under windows!!