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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: C J Michaels <cjm2@earthling.net>
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Subject: Re: HD errors, what do they mean? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 18 Oct 1999 09:25:30 -0400."
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On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 09:25:30 -0400, "Christopher J. Michaels" wrote:

> wd0s1h: soft error reading fsbn 11665754 of 11665753-11665768 (wd0s1 bn
> 12558682; cn 781 tn 189 sn 10) (status 58<rdy,seekdone,drq> error 1<no_dam>) 

A media failure was encountered, but it was _apparently_ transient a
retry was successful. Don't be fooled, this is bad news. It means the
drive is on its way out.

Start making backups and plans to replace the drive. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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