Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 09:12:25 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Chris <chrisj@outcast.media-net.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WD errors Message-ID: <199808031612.JAA14148@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Aug 1998 10:40:12 CDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980803103400.419A-100000@outcast.media-net.net>
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> within the last week i have been running into problems when the system > will go idle. It will still take something like telnet/http/ftp > connections but will never complete them and allow the login. it will > connect up but then never display a prompt. Errors on the console are as > follows. wd0s1f: wdstart: timeout waiting to give command reading fsbn > 3148892 of 3148892-3148893 (wd0s1 bn 3689468; cn 229 tn 167 sn 62)wd0: > status 80<busy> error 80<badblk>. after afew screens of that the message > will turn to wd0: wdunwedge failed: > > wd0: status 80<busy> error 80<badblk> > > wd0s1f: wdstart: timeout waiting to give command reading fsbn 3148892 of > 3148892-3148893 (wd0s1 bn 3689468; cn 229 tn 167 sn 62)wd0: status > 80<busy> error 80<badblk>. the system will remain on-line (ie pingable) > but will no longer display a console login either. a hard boot will take > care of the problem but once the system drops into idle again they will > reserface. Your disk seems to be struggling with a bad block. The best thing to do at this point is throw the disk out and get a new one, as with any modern IDE disk you will only get to this point once all of the available spare sectors have been used up. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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