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Date:      Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:18:53 -0800
From:      "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com>
To:        "William Wong" <willwong@anime.ca>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: HD dying?
Message-ID:  <0dec01bf93ce$e19a6000$0200000a@danco>

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>My 3.4R machine hung (CTRL-ALT-DEL didn't work. Had to hit reset on the
box)
>a couple of times today.
>
>Here were the last couple of log files:
>
>Mar 19 00:45:42 epoch /kernel: wd0e: wdstart: timeout waiting to give
>command writing
>fsbn 1030889 of 1030889-1030920 (wd0 bn 1030889; cn 64 tn 43 sn 20) (status
>90<busy,seekdone> error 0)
>
>Mar 19 23:45:08 epoch /kernel: wd0: interrupt timeout (status
>50<rdy,seekdone> error 0)
>Mar 19 23:45:08 epoch /kernel: wd0: wdtimeout() DMA status 1<active>
>
>When I reboot the machine, my IDE hds (wd0/wd2 - striping with vinum) fsck
>nicely (nothing lost) and everything seems to work.

Just a guess, but do you have BIOS APM enabled? Could this be powering-down
your drive?


>Everything seems to
>work fine now, but I'm curious to wonder if this is a one time problem, or
>if this is just an early sign that my IDE HDs will blow up one day?

Well, I've seem at least 5 IDE drives go belly-up in my time, and not a
single one ever gave any early warning of an impending failure. So, my guess
is "no." If an IDE drive is going to go bad, it just does, with no
warning...

--Dan

--
Dan O'Connor
On Matters of Most Grave Concern
http://www.mostgraveconcern.com





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