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Date:      Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:16:29 -0500
From:      "Zane C.B." <v.velox@vvelox.net>
To:        "mac.tc" <raszobbi@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: write_dma error
Message-ID:  <20090419051629.662db7c6@vixen42>
In-Reply-To: <3ac355210904180833j19a50c77wc3a5b0cc3c949936@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <3ac355210904180833j19a50c77wc3a5b0cc3c949936@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:33:45 +0200
"mac.tc" <raszobbi@gmail.com> wrote:

> hi, can anyone tell me what this message is related to?
>=20
> WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=3D62939519
>=20
> drive/hardware failing?
> i am seeing a lot of it lately on a particular disk where i have
> tried a few different installs and don't always
> get this problem. i have seen it disappear after some painstaking
> before a reinstall this disk, like wiping the whole disk clean
> before install, checking geometry is right, but maybe coincidence?
> it is a sata300, 7.2 beta1 amd64 and i am thinking there is problem
> with the disk, but the error varied a bit with different installs
> (i.e. whether i see the error or not)

I suggest installing 'sysutils/smartmontools', checking the health,
-H, and if it shows up healthy, run a long self test. If the long
self test completes with out issue, it is most likely a bad cable,
some what odd for SATA, but I've had it happen several times back in
the days of PATA.

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