Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:16:50 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: sp0ng3b0b <sp0ng3b0b@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA Message-ID: <200411151916.50394.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <419952CC.5040704@sbcglobal.net> References: <419952CC.5040704@sbcglobal.net>
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On Tuesday 16 November 2004 01:07, sp0ng3b0b wrote: > I am having a strange problem and need some help. I installed > FreeBSD on a Maxtor 300GB IDE drive that is less than 1 year old. > After one day, FreeBSD complains about DMA problems. I got a LOT of > these. > > ERROR MESSAGE: > kernel: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> > error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> > > I googled for the error, and foudn a suggestion that the drive may > be failing. So I ran Maxtor disk diagnostics and it says the drive > is failing. So I start the RMA process. > > In the meantime, I install a BRAND NEW Seagate 120GB 7200.7 hard > drive. I install FreeBSD 5.3 on it. One day later, I get the SAME > errors! Lots of em! > > kernel: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> > error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> > > What is going on? Is FreeBSD destroying my disks? Here is some > info: More likely would be that your PSU is eating drives. I would look at hardware way before trying to attach "blame" to FreeBSD. ;) -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel
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