Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 15:14:10 -0500 (EST) From: Marco Rodrigues <drkangel@drkangel.org> To: John Mitchell <john@mj.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IBM DeskStar READ timeout errors Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0102251512400.54272-100000@spike.snickers.org> In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.2.20010225104740.0276ed60@mail.mj.com>
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I've done that already. It's fine. The drive works fine when I change the kernel state for hw.atamodes from dma to pio, but it's slow as hell. (obviously) -- "Sanity is calming, but madness is far more interesting." On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, John Mitchell wrote: > At 11:07 02/25/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Greetings List, > > > > I recently bought a 45 GB IBM Deskstar. As with all new HD's I ran > >some tests on it. Bonnie for example. The problem I keep getting is the > >following, and it only happens when I try reading from the disk. > > > >ad5: READ command timeout - resetting > >ata2: resetting devices.. > > > > > >The machine locks up and I have to run FSCK on the disk. The disk works > >fine in Windows 2000 on the same machine. Does anyone know of any issues > >is FreeBSD or configuration options I should have enabled/disabled? I'm > >using FreeBSD 4.2 - STABLE with the basic kernel added, with the > >exception of some options but those only deal with firewall/network > >options. > > I would strongly suggest downloading the Drive Fitness Test > application available from the IBM tech support site at > http://www.storage.ibm.com/techsup/hddtech/welcome.htm > to ensure you don't have some obscure drive hardware problem. > This download creates a self booting diskette to run the utility. > > Good luck. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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