Subject: Re: bus_master DMA error (is my disk about to fail)?
To: Mark Kirby <mark@coris.org.uk>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: current-users
Date: 05/01/2005 22:33:13
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 06:19:50PM +0000, Mark Kirby wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> My machine just locked up solid and I got some strange errors scroll past
> unfortunately they are not complete as i had to transcribe it by hand.
>
> (this is hand typed and i couldn't grab all of it)
>
> siside0:0:1: lost interrupt
> type:ata tc_bcount:1026 tc_skip 0
> siside0:0:1:bus_master DMA error missing interrupy status = 0x60
> siside0:0:1:device timeout, c_bcount=1024 //I missed the rest of this line
>
> //Some more errors scroll passed that im not fast enough to catch
>
> siside0:0:1:recal drive fault
> wd1e: device fault writing fsbn 219880030 of 219880030-219880031(wd1 bn
> 224643838: cn 222860 tn 15 sn 13)
>
> after a few of the above it eventually gave
>
> wd1:soft error (corrected)
>
> and the system became responsive again.
>
> This is netbsd 3.99.3 (i386). I was installing a large number of binary
> packages at the time it hung.
>
> Should i be woried about the health of my disk?
Probably. You should check its SMART parameters if supported, with atactl
wd1 smart status.
--
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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