Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:23:39 -0500 (EST) From: Jan Christian Meyer <jcm@metawire.org> To: Are Bryne <are.bryne@communique.no> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ad0: WRITE command timeout... Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.58.0411041015240.17280@metawire.org> In-Reply-To: <7cbadc8704110405434c734ae2@mail.gmail.com> References: <20041104141000.F3017@david.i.communique.no> <7cbadc8704110405434c734ae2@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Nelis Lamprecht wrote: > On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:10:42 +0100 (CET), Are Bryne wrote: > >> After upgrading a computer from FreeBSD 4.8-something to >> 4.10-RELEASE-p3, I'm getting lots of the following: >> >> ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting >> ata0: resetting devices .. done > > Seen this once before and in my case it was a faulty hard drive > cable. [...] It may also be caused by an incorrect DMA setting if > memory serves me correct. I've seen these come as symptoms of a worn-out drive. Evidently that's not the only possible cause, but if I were you, I'd back up my stuff as soon as possible. Cheers, -Jan Christian
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