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Date:      Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:52:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Francis Percival C. Favoreal" <dune@cats.edu.ph>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SCSI problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904201151410.1514-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990415091817.18249A-100000@mayon.cats.edu.ph>

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On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Francis Percival C. Favoreal wrote:

> Anyone seen this error before?
> 
> (da0:ncr0:0:0:0): Invalidating pack
> 
> This has happened to me several times already. I am running FreeBSD
> 3.1-RELEASE, P-350, 64MB RAM, Seagate ST36530W 6GB.
> 
> Whenever this happens, I noticed that the SCSI HD suddenly went silent,
> like its motor stopped spinning. Usually I tried to reboot to remedy the
> problem.
> 
> Also, when I switch off the server, and switch it back on after a few
> minutes, the server never boots anymore because the SCSI HD was not
> detected. When this happens, I noticed also that the SCSI HD is silent,
> like its motor is not spinning.

I think your disk is dying.  If they won't spin up on boot and won't
probe, the internal diagnostics are failing.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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