Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:56:57 -0600 (CST) From: mailing list account <lists@argus.flash.net> To: petzi@zit.th-darmstadt.de (Michael Beckmann) Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk or controller or driver failure ? Message-ID: <199601161856.MAA00532@argus.flash.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960116141610.1133A-100000@zit1.zit.th-darmstadt.de> from "Michael Beckmann" at Jan 16, 96 02:22:13 pm
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> > } 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
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