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Date:      Thu, 27 Nov 2003 05:17:22 -0500
From:      "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>
To:        Stasys Smailys <ssmailys@komvista.lt>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ad0 READ timeout
Message-ID:  <3FC588E2.32713.236D6063@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20031127072554.GA742@red.komvista.lt>
References:  <3FC518DD.13152.21B7C5AD@localhost> (from dan@langille.org on Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 04:19:25 %2B0200)

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On 27 Nov 2003 at 9:25, Stasys Smailys wrote:

> On 11/27/2003 04:19:25, Dan Langille wrote:
> > My laptop stopped booting yesterday.  It displays a few "ad0: READ
> > command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting" messages before it gives
> > up.
> 
> > Is this a dead drive?
> 
> May be yes, may be not. I would say it seems IDE controller is dead. 
> Just to make sure that HDD is alive try DFT. You can download it from 
> here: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm.

Before I received your message, I had used a spare HDD.  I installed 
FreeBSD on it.  It works.  I suspect the original drive is faulty.

Thank you.
-- 
Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/



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