Hi,

on Thu, 20 Oct 1994 04:56:55 +0100 Darren Reed wrote 
concerning "sd0 error messages..." something like this:

> Does this mean anything to anyone ?

> sd0: sdintr scsi status 0x2 resid 0
> sd0: scsi sense class 7, code 0, key 1, blk 325349
> sd0: retry 1

Yes, I've had this, too. There is a bad sector on your harddisk. You should
get some current kernel sources and recompile your kernel, it's fixed there.

> for the most part, this machine (running netbsd-current from 4/9/94 err
> 4 Sep 94) does nothing more than run cronjobs - it's a supposedly faulty box
> (IPC 12MB) which wouldn't boot from it's HD at one stage and I'm beginning
> to wonder if there is a real problem with it...

Yes and no ... you can try reformatting the hard disk. Maybe the error will
go away then.

> I've also had it reboot on what seem to be more serious versions of this
> error:

> sd0: sdintr scsi status 0x2 resid 512
> sd0: scsi sense class 7, code 0, key 1, blk 102423
> sd0: retry 1
> syncing disks... done

I've never seen this one ... maybe I wasn't patient enough ?

> other problems I've had with this drive (from a while ago):
> Sep  1 17:01:22 candella /netbsd: panic: espintr sq
> Sep  1 17:01:22 candella /netbsd: syncing disks... stopping on keyboard abort
> Sep  1 17:01:22 candella /netbsd: panic: PROM sync command
> Sep  1 17:01:22 candella /netbsd: 
> Sep  1 17:01:23 candella /netbsd: dumping to dev 701, offset 8
> Sep  1 17:01:23 candella /netbsd: dump sd0: scsi write error 0x2
> Sep  1 17:01:23 candella /netbsd: dump i/o error
> Sep  1 17:01:23 candella /netbsd: rebooting

> and it freezes trying to reboot :-(

I haven't seen this one either.

There is some new SCSI code being tested, but it won't make it into the
distribution any time soon (I guess).

Bye, Rolf