Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:19:14 +0100 From: "Claus Guttesen" <kometen@gmail.com> To: "David Naylor" <blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Harddisk failure causes system crash, please help Message-ID: <b41c75520711081319y7eb231s7a3180e7e2179a95@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b53f6f940711081240q7100a08djae76b560cddfed6f@mail.gmail.com> References: <b53f6f940711081240q7100a08djae76b560cddfed6f@mail.gmail.com>
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> I have been using this laptop for a few months now with FreeBSD without any > problems with the hard disk however today as I installed editors/vim the > system crashed (without a core dump or any message). > > When ever the system boots (and proceeds to do a fsck on ad0e (/usr)) it > also crashes without any message. I have tried the following commands: > > # dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/null bs=1M ( System crashes) > > # smartctl -C -t short ( Succeeds ) > # smartctl -C -t long ( Failes with a message: ad0: FAILED - SMART timed > out) > Corrupt disk? -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare
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