Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: >>> wd0d: device timeout reading fsbn 234162112 of 234162112-234162239 (wd0 >>> bn 235334857; cn 14648 tn 233 sn 58), retrying >>> wd0: soft error (corrected) >> Maybe dying disks? > i must second this suggestion. almost every time i've seen these IDE timeout > messages, it means that the disk(s) are damaged, close to dead or totally > dead.
Note that these errors can also be caused by any other part of the IDE subsystem, e.g. the controller, the cables, etc. Or even by bad RAM... For sanity's sake, do a full hardware diagnostic of the machine.
