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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