Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:16:29 -0500 From: "Zane C.B." <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: "mac.tc" <raszobbi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: write_dma error Message-ID: <20090419051629.662db7c6@vixen42> In-Reply-To: <3ac355210904180833j19a50c77wc3a5b0cc3c949936@mail.gmail.com> References: <3ac355210904180833j19a50c77wc3a5b0cc3c949936@mail.gmail.com>
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--Sig_/KH1QIz7U2xR76L4fjofCwcr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:33:45 +0200 "mac.tc" <raszobbi@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, can anyone tell me what this message is related to? >=20 > WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=3D62939519 >=20 > drive/hardware failing? > i am seeing a lot of it lately on a particular disk where i have > tried a few different installs and don't always > get this problem. i have seen it disappear after some painstaking > before a reinstall this disk, like wiping the whole disk clean > before install, checking geometry is right, but maybe coincidence? > it is a sata300, 7.2 beta1 amd64 and i am thinking there is problem > with the disk, but the error varied a bit with different installs > (i.e. whether i see the error or not) I suggest installing 'sysutils/smartmontools', checking the health, -H, and if it shows up healthy, run a long self test. If the long self test completes with out issue, it is most likely a bad cable, some what odd for SATA, but I've had it happen several times back in the days of PATA. --Sig_/KH1QIz7U2xR76L4fjofCwcr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAknq+gcACgkQqrJJy0yxYQBGnACfWOzxFPCsaRZREEgS1y4iI0Oe 2BoAnjyNVeRX9TWXRYyMKXUsqlb3dqsH =X3x+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/KH1QIz7U2xR76L4fjofCwcr--
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