Subject: Re: controller or hard drive problem
To: webmaster@datazap.net <webmaster@datazap.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/05/2003 13:56:01
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 09:10:33PM -0500, webmaster@datazap.net wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I think that it is a hardware problem, but is it a problem with the drive
> or with the controller? It has been hanging for a second when I access
> sd0 (sometimes longer than a second). I am not sure if it hangs when
> accessing sd1.
> 
> Is there a way that I can check to see if it is a drive problem or a
> problem with the controller?
> 
> Or is there a way I can lookup exactly what the error message means?

The error message mean that the drive failed to handle the command
in a reasonable time. It's more likely a problem with the drive than with
the controller, or maybe on the SCSI bus itself

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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