On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Mike Tancsa wrote: >> For the last 4-days, our (otherwise OK) 5.4-RELEASE machine has been >> reporting: >> >> Feb 12 12:08:05 : ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (2 retries left) >> LBA=2701279 >> Feb 13 00:08:51 : ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (2 retries left) >> LBA=2701279 >> Feb 13 12:09:38 : ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (2 retries left) >> LBA=2963331 >> Feb 14 00:10:24 : ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (2 retries left) >> LBA=2705947 >> >> So -- can anyone help track this down? > > > It sounds like a hardware issue. Install > /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools and "ask" the drive to see whats up.
I installed 'smartmontools' but haven't used as yet. I've been waiting to see what happens -- the "problem" simply stopped. There've been no "ad0: TIMEOUT" messages for 3-days. The only thing done outside of the ordinary, prior to the messages stopping, was to set the date. It's probably a coincidence but setting the date was also the last thing done before the the messages started. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
