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Date:      Fri, 4 Jan 2013 06:48:48 -0800
From:      Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
To:        mexas@bristol.ac.uk
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: installworld error: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY, DSC,  ERROR> error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> LBA=28071584
Message-ID:  <CAGH67wSCQvc2jway0MshPgRibnapC3q%2BAu58JtgN%2B4dEwjv30Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201301041123.r04BNwTU014117@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
References:  <201301041109.r04B97QU001888@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <201301041123.r04BNwTU014117@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>

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On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote:

...

> Is my disk dying?

Uncorrectable read errors suggest yes (especially because the LBA
varies between the two error messages). I would definitely backup your
data at the very least, and as others suggested use smartmontools [via
a livecd?].
Cheers,
-Garrett



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