Subject: Re: IDE/Drive related error messages
To: Jason Marshall <jasonm@cat.co.za>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/11/2003 16:05:25
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 05:10:44PM +0200, Jason Marshall wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Any idea what this indicates?
>
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> Aug 26 00:12:07 ITVT98 /netbsd: wd2f: no media/write protected
> reading fsbn 64 of 64-79 (wd2 bn 127; cn 0 tn 2 sn 1)
> Aug 26 00:12:11 ITVT98 /netbsd: pciide0:1:0: recal error (2)
> Aug 26 00:12:11 ITVT98 /netbsd: wd2f: no media/write protected
> reading fsbn 64 of 64-79 (wd2 bn 127; cn 0 tn 2 sn 1), retrying
> Aug 26 00:12:16 ITVT98 /netbsd: pciide0:1:0: recal error (2)
> Aug 26 00:12:16 ITVT98 /netbsd: wd2f: no media/write protected
> reading fsbn 64 of 64-79 (wd2 bn 127; cn 0 tn 2 sn 1), retrying
Your drive is probably dying.
The "no media/write protected" should be "track 0 not found" in this case.
The errors definitions changed between ata-3 and ata-4, but not all
drives use the definition matching the ata version they report :(
Basically it means your disk is dead (or dying).
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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