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Date:      Wed, 16 Apr 1997 23:23:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "MARSO, LARRY" <larry_marso@painewebber.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hard disk CRASH (using 2.2.1)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970416232232.10694H-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <906C523301C13A7C@-SMF->

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On 14 Apr 1997, MARSO, LARRY wrote:

> On my notebook, after a "from scratch" reinstall that has worked
> perfectly for days ... the hard drive suddenly seems dead. 
> 
> Upon rebooting, it drops into fsck and locks up as follows (same result
> when I run fsck from the repair floppy): 
> 
> Warning: / was not properly dismounted.
> wd0: interrupt timeout:
> wd0: status 58<rdy,seekdone,drq> error 0
> wd0: interrupt timeout
> wd0: status 50<rdy,seekdone> error 1<no_dam>

I'vew seen these for both busted disks and systems that have IDE spindown
enabled.  Try disabling it and see what you get.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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