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Date:      Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:32:39 -0500
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: WRITE_DMA errors on SATA drive under 5.3-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <dfb42110j0uhojionsp7ffi56ho7nb3d8p@4ax.com>
In-Reply-To: <1561762673.20050227155330@wanadoo.fr>
References:  <1561762673.20050227155330@wanadoo.fr>

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On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:53:30 +0100, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions
you wrote:

>I've gotten two messages like the ones below today on my production =
server
>(5.3-RELEASE):
>
>messages:Feb 27 14:48:17 freebie kernel: ad10: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA =
retrying (2 retries left) LBA=3D4848803
>messages:Feb 27 14:48:17 freebie kernel: ad10: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA timed=
 out

Could be a bad sector on the drive, or bad cable. Hard to say.  Try
/usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools/

It can read all sorts of info off the drive and help you narrow down
what the problem might be.


	---Mike
--------------------------------------------------------
Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net
Providing Internet Access since 1994
mike@sentex.net, (http://www.tancsa.com)



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