On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 09:47:19PM -0700, SAR wrote:
> All, 
> 
> I just started seeing warnings like the following:
> 
> ---
> pciide0:0:0: lost interrupt
>         type: ata tc_bcount: 65536 tc_skip: 0
> pciide0:0:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x21
> pciide0:0:0: device timeout, c_bcount=65536, c_skip0
> wd0e: device timeout reading fsbn 3115824 of 3115824-3115951 (wd0 bn 15744048; cn 15619 tn 1 sn 33), retrying
> wd0: soft error (corrected)
> ---
> 
> I just saw a burst of 7 of these on my console.  
> 
> This machine has been running about 36 hours since I ran a fresh install 
> of NetBSD 1.5.2 on a new disk.  These are the only unusual messages I've 
> seen from this system.  Since the last part of the message reports the soft 
> error was corrected, I hope this doesn't mean my system is seriously failing.
> 
> Advice on where to start investigating?

I would first check the IDE cable, as this can be caused by a electrical
problem on the IDE bus. Do you have other devices on this channel ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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