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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