From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Mar 13 07:41:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA03218 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 07:41:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from sand.sentex.ca (sand.sentex.ca [206.222.77.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA03206 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 07:41:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from gravel (gravel.sentex.ca [205.211.165.210]) by sand.sentex.ca (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id KAA00363; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 10:43:34 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970313102806.00b212c0@sentex.net> X-Sender: mdtancsa@sentex.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 10:28:06 -0500 To: mika ruohotie , gilbertd@cs.man.ac.uk (Dave Gilbert) From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: Medium error messages - how to read Cc: scsi@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199703131501.RAA18593@shadows.aeon.net> References: <3322D5EA.9398D0B@cs.man.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 05:01 PM 3/13/97 +0200, mika ruohotie wrote: >> Mar 8 21:57:40 uriah /kernel: sd1(ahc0:2:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:756cb >> asc:11,0 U >> nrecovered read error >> Mar 8 21:57:40 uriah /kernel: , retries:4 >> >> Now I'm presuming that the 2940UW driver is not lying and it really >> is a Medium error. > >ugh, i dont know where to trust anymore... my fujitsu drives gave those Interesting that you should mention Fujitsu... I have a couple of the 4gig'rs, and I found that when I created a better cooling system for the drives (I put a CPU fan on the front of my tower case to provide better circulation), I reduced a lot of these errors... Perhaps the drive is running too hot ? Its worth a try.. It helped my situation. ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa (mike@sentex.net) * To do is to be -- Nietzsche Sentex Communications Corp, * To be is to do -- Sartre Cambridge, Ontario * Do be do be do -- Sinatra (http://www.sentex.net/~mdtancsa) *