Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:09:02 +0800 From: "Wood, Russell" <Russell.Wood@rac.com.au> To: "FreeBSD Users Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: ad0: TIMEOUT - Is my disk dying? Message-ID: <D6B5375CBC761B4BAD78E414B4BB55729101BC@mercury.rac.com.au> References: <14989d6e0703291420y1ed229dej7e2808a859f6efa6@mail.gmail.com> <B43905CF-7FE8-4A6F-8805-B15DE2C2EAB3@rottnic.nl>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Guido Demmenie > Sent: Friday, 30 March 2007 3:00 PM > To: Christian Walther > Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions > Subject: Re: ad0: TIMEOUT - Is my disk dying? >=20 >=20 > On Mar 29, 2007, at 11:20 PM, Christian Walther wrote: >=20 > > Hi, > > > > I'm seeing a lot of the following messages lately: > > > > Mar 29 21:02:01 pixie kernel: ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 > > retry left) LBA=3D13554983 > > Mar 29 21:02:34 pixie kernel: ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 > > retry left) LBA=3D35376691 > > >=20 > You also might want to give smartmontools a try. This can be found > in the portscollection (sysutils/smartmontools). This will query > the SMART tool built in most IDE drives. You can let the harddrive > do a selfcheck. And gather some statistics from your drive. >=20 > -- > Guido When you have a suspected faulty hard drive, the last thing you want to do is use it. If you want additional confirmation (which I doubt you need as what you have printed is ample) then try Seatools from Seagate. It's free and runs of a CDROM. - Russell DISCLAIMER: Disclaimer. This e-mail is private and confidential. If you are not the = intended recipient, please advise us by return e-mail immediately, and = delete the e-mail and any attachments without using or disclosing the = contents in any way. The views expressed in this e-mail are those of the = author, and do not represent those of this company unless this is = clearly indicated. You should scan this e-mail and any attachments for = viruses. This company accepts no liability for any direct or indirect = damage or loss resulting from the use of any attachments to this e-mail.
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