From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Jan 16 10:58:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-scsi Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA03164 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 10:58:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from argus.flash.net (root@[206.149.24.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA03159 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 10:58:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from lists@localhost) by argus.flash.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA00532; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:56:58 -0600 From: mailing list account Message-Id: <199601161856.MAA00532@argus.flash.net> Subject: Re: Disk or controller or driver failure ? To: petzi@zit.th-darmstadt.de (Michael Beckmann) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:56:57 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Michael Beckmann" at Jan 16, 96 02:22:13 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > } Are these signs of a dying disk or is it the controller ? Or might it be > > } a driver problem ? Has anyone seen this before ? > > > > Well, I'd take those messages to mean what they say: > > > > HARDWARE FAILURE: Random positioning error. > > > > This is an extended error code, returned by the hard disk, > > and printed by the generic SCSI code. > > > > Make backups ! > > Every day ! > > > PS: You may want to check the power supply, too. This > > could be caused by an out of spec 12V supply ... > > All I have is a digital voltmeter. I could only check if the voltage is > correct; not if there are "brownouts" or something. But thanks a lot for > this hint. You might be right. Maybe I'll have to change the power supply > (build my machine into another housing). I think i had one of those when my stepper went bibi once. hard disks with the cover off make nice conversation pieces on the coffee table or mantlepiece.... :^( [and incredibly sad stories]. Jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@argus.flash.net - FlashNet Communications - Ft. Worth, Texas