Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 01:25:05 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net> To: Nathaniel G H <bsd_appliance@bemail.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Horrible hard drive problem! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007080119030.11860-100000@earth.wnm.net> In-Reply-To: <200007080041.RAA13215@mail12.bigmailbox.com>
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On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Nathaniel G H wrote: > I just configured a FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE machine with Samba from the > ports collection, and began loading 600+ megs of data into it over the > network. After several minutes, the following appeared on ttyv0: > > wd0: interrupt timeout (status 58<rdy,seekdone,drq> error 0) > wd0:wdtimeout() DMA status 4 > > wd0s1f: wdstart: timeout waiting to give command writing fsbn 21069488 > of 21069488-21069615 (wd0s1 bn 21726688; cn 21554 tn 4 sn 4) (status > 80<busy> error 1<no_dam>) > wd0: wdunwedge failed (status 80<busy> error 80<badblk>) > > wd0 is a brand new Western Digital 30+ gigs hard drive. Before I > installed FreeBSD on this new drive, this machine ran Linux and had a > Maxtor 30+ gigs hard drive. After several months of reliable service, > messages like the above began to appear on the console, progressively > growing in number, until the hard drive stopped working altogether. I > replaced the drive and the OS hoping that one or the other was the > source of the problem, but apparently they weren't. You have either a severely flaky IDE controller or it's time to call WD for an RMA. Skip the cheapo Maxtors and WDs and buy a Seagate or Quantum anyway, they're not worth the trouble. -ac -- ============================================================== Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 Author, The Book of IRC http://www.bookofirc.com/ ============================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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