Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 19:01:51 +0100 From: WHS <wouters@cistron.nl> To: cpl92@fx.ro, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sever ide hdd crash (also re:Another instance of the crash I was seeing) Message-ID: <364B228F.6A984F58@cistron.nl> References: <199811121037.LAA00549@freebsd.dk>
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Søren Schmidt wrote: > > It seems cpl92@fx.ro wrote: > > One day ago, under the same circumstances (only that the used dist was > > 2.2.7-RELEASE), while I was looking far a tarball distribution in CD #3 > > (WALNUT CREAK 2.2.7), I heard the CD slowing down. Knowing what happened > > last time, I tried alt+ctrl+F1 to see the syslog mesg. Surprize again: > > the computer was not responding to any of the possible commands. I have > > waited a couple of minutes (the hdd was not running), then I have pushed > > the front pannel reset button. Surprize again: While reseting the > > computer I received the BIOS message PRIMARY HDD FAILURE. Since then, my > > BIOS says that I don't have a HDD inside (actually I have a Quantum > > Fireball UDMA 4.3 Gb). I hope that the vendor will change the damaged > > hdd, but I am quite sure that this is a very serious problem in FreeBSD > > kernel. > > Hmm, I'm quite sure you have a bad disk, the kernel cannot make your > disk die like that. I've had this same scenario happen (under linux) because the HDD cable got a little loose.. (by fan vibrations probably). Try pressing the cable firmly on the main board and on the HD and see if that helps. Wouter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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