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To: cpl92@fx.ro, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: sever ide hdd crash (also re:Another instance of the crash I was seeing)
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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


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