From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 20 12:44:01 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15F5116A420 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:44:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@atopia.net) Received: from neptune.atopia.net (neptune.atopia.net [209.128.231.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1A8143D46 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:44:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@atopia.net) Received: from [192.168.0.102] (pcp173257pcs.plsntv01.nj.comcast.net [68.46.70.16]) by neptune.atopia.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F5BC60FB; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:44:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4330040F.2070006@atopia.net> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:43:59 -0400 From: Matt Juszczak User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050701) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gregory Nou References: <432FFAFA.4050208@atopia.net> <4330026D.6060903@altern.org> In-Reply-To: <4330026D.6060903@altern.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Drives Dieing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:44:01 -0000 >> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a >> WARNING: /tmp was not properly dismounted >> WARNING: /usr was not properly dismounted >> WARNING: /var was not properly dismounted >> WARNING: /hd2 was not properly dismounted >> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=40 LBA=2 29575903 >> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=40 LBA=2 29575903 >> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=40 LBA=2 29575903 >> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=40 LBA=2 29575903 >> ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 >> error=40 LBA=2 29575903 > > I had this problem too. (Look in the current archive, in september, > for a thread called "Problem with deleting files" > I was told to shutdown dma with atacontrol, and fsck -f > However, I had no chance to test it. > I just copied everything I needed, made a newfs, reinstalled the > system (that's fast as you have all your config files), and today, > it's working fine, again. (I previously tried to use the copy of the > /usr I had made, but I experienced lots of problem with X. However, > you may try to do it) > If you are able to backup, I think that it's a good solution. > But smartctl (smart test) shows drive failure in the short test? Isn't that internal to the drive? Also, if this is the case, could this just be bad luck of two drives in a row? Or could something be wrong with my hardware causing these drives to die? (controller?) -Matt