Date: 07 Feb 2003 20:04:29 -0500 From: Mark Evenson <evenson@panix.com> To: Dong Lin <dong@plan9.bell-labs.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATA code is buggy and slower Message-ID: <a0fzqzeg6a.fsf@panix3.panix.com> In-Reply-To: <3E43248F.2030303@plan9.bell-labs.com> References: <3E43248F.2030303@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Dong Lin <dong@plan9.bell-labs.com> writes: > My 5.0R kernel complains about "READ timeout" and "resetting" when I > try to dd the disk. But everything *works* if I boot the same > equipment with 4.5R and 4.7R. It seems that the error can occur on any > sector I pick as long as I keep reading it inside a loop, a sign of > timing problems. > [...] I had similar symptoms last week with a CURRENT system on a ThinkPad X20, which coupled with "hard error reading sector . . ." errors made me think that my disk was dying. After managing to get the system upgraded to a CURRENT from around 20030204, the symptoms have gone away. Not sure if this helps that much, but at least here is another report of ATA problems that *seem* to have been software related. -- Mark Evenson <evenson@panix.com> "A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare to it now." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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