Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 21:02:39 +0100 (CET) From: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> To: David Loszewski <stealth215@mediaone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: harddrive error Message-ID: <20011117205613.R37932-100000@jodie.ncptiddische.net> In-Reply-To: <001401c16f9f$d6311a70$3000a8c0@sickness>
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On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, David Loszewski wrote: > Does this error mean that my harddrive is going? Or just that it has a > few bad sectors? What can I do to fix it? > > Nov 17 15:35:55 suicidal /kernel: ad0s1a: UDMA ICRC error writing fsbn > 1183935 of 67648-67659 (ad0s1 bn 1183935 > ; cn 73 tn 177 sn 39) retrying This *could* mean that your data gets currupted while it tavels from your HD to your computer. Most likely cause: A problem with your IDE cable. Are you using a 80-pin cable? For UDMA66 and up, this is neccessary. Also, there's only one drive formally allowed to operate in UDMA66 (or 100) mode on any given cable (although I have heard about cases where two devices actually worked). Keep in mind that this is just my guess. It could well also be a fault with your HDD itself. The easiest way to find out if this is the case is to try your HDD with a different cable, and if that fails, in a different machine (or at least with a different mainboard). If your drive still produces these errors in a different machine using a different IDE cable, it looks as if your drive has a serious problem. If that is the case, backup your data as far as possible, and get a new drive (or send your current drive in for warranty service, if still applicable). Greetings Nils Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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