Perttu Laine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm just wondering what does this means. Dying harddisk or something > else? From kernel log: > > -cut- > > ad0: 28629MB <ST330621A/3.39> [58168/16/63] at ata0-master PIO4 > > ad5: 190782MB <WDC WD2000JB-00FUA0/15.05R15> [387621/16/63] at ata2-slave > > PIO4 > > ad5: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (2 retries left) LBA=382096511 > > ad5: FAILURE - READ_MUL timed out
It could be a hard disk, but it could be other things too. If the hardware hasn't been touched since the last time it worked, then a failing disk would be a pretty safe guess. If not, or especially if this is a new configuration, there are a few things to try first. One is to make sure that there is a master on the ATA bus containing ad5; the ATA specs say that you're not supposed to have a slave unless there's a master (the quickest way to fix it would be to move the disk from slave to master). And of course, cable problems are a *very* frequent issue. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
