From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 17 6:44: 9 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7AFC37B401 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:44:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F2AD43FA3 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:44:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by mail.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CF4A2F9; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 15:44:07 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 689DF2FDB20; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 15:44:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 15:44:05 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Trent Nelson Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Worrying ATA problems. Message-ID: <20030217144405.GB81356@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Trent Nelson , questions@FreeBSD.org References: <20030216181038.GA33183@limekiln.vcisp.net> <20030216184226.GB33183@limekiln.vcisp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030216184226.GB33183@limekiln.vcisp.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # trent@limekiln.vcisp.net / 2003-02-16 18:42:26 +0000: > Uhh, crap. I'm building PostgreSQL in the Linux VMware guest OS, > and the drive started making a bunch of sounds that can only be > described as being similar to taking a floppy out of the drive wh- > ile it's being written to. Of course, these sounds were coupled > with a system freeze and a bunch of ata error messages when every- > thing had passed. > > Has anyone ever experienced *anything* like this? Yes, I have. The disk is toast. Get the data off to it while you can. Hurry, time is running fast. -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message