I should clearify the sound. It sounds like the drive is doing a startup 
spin. 

Vince

On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Jason Thorpe wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Jun 1997 10:51:55 -0400 (EDT) 
>  Vince Mammoliti <vince@homepage.ca> wrote:
> 
>  > Every Once and awhile I hear a clunk on my harddisk and then get this 
>  > message on the screen.
>  > 
>  > Jun 16 10:47:57 donut /netbsd: sd0(ahc1:0:0): timed out in dataout phase, 
>  > SCSISIGI == 0x0
>  > Jun 16 10:47:57 donut /netbsd: sd0(ahc1:0:0): timed out in dataout phase, 
>  > SCSISIGI == 0x0
>  > Jun 16 10:47:59 donut /netbsd: ahc1: Issued Channel A Bus Reset #2. 2 
>  > SCBs aborted
>  > Jun 16 10:47:59 donut /netbsd: ahc1: Issued Channel A Bus Reset #2. 2 
>  > SCBs aborted
>  > Jun 16 10:47:59 donut /netbsd: ahc1: target 0 synchronous at 10.0MHz, 
>  > offset = 0xf
>  > Jun 16 10:47:59 donut /netbsd: ahc1: target 0 synchronous at 10.0MHz, 
>  > offset = 0xf
>  > 
>  > 
>  > Is the normal ?
> 
> ...doesn't sound like it... if it's preceeded by a "clunk", you might
> want to consider replacing that drive... sounds like it might be
> going south...
> 
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