Re: HD Errors
OK, It's a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB ATA/133 hard drive (EIDE). It's in a Dell Dimension P133v. I also have a Dell Optiplex GX1 which only supports a hard drive of 80 GB max. This machine is at least as old as the optiplex, so it's likely to support at most 80 GB as well, not 120 GB. I ran Maxtor's HD Diagnostic tools on the drive and the test, with the exception of the long, full test, came back as passed. So, I have reasonable confidence that the problem isn't the drive. FreeBSD says during drive formatting that there may be weird errors for drives misreporting size. Are the errors that I'm seeing likely reflective of this? What should my concern level be? Thanks again, Robert Tamouh H. wrote: Hi, I'm seeing the following messages in /var/log/messages and am concerned about the integrity of the hard drive: ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting cd9660: RockRidge Extension ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting cd9660: RockRidge Extension ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting cd9660: RockRidge Extension ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: device: #ad/0x20001, blkno: 5488, size: 4096 ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting Are the ad0 messages showing the hard drive is having hardware problems? Many thanks, Robert Very likely, backup your important date, grab a HD manufacturer disk and test out the drive then post results here with the hard drive manufacture name/model. Tamouh ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: HD Errors
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert McIntosh Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 7:53 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HD Errors OK, It's a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB ATA/133 hard drive (EIDE). It's in a Dell Dimension P133v. I also have a Dell Optiplex GX1 which only supports a hard drive of 80 GB max. This machine is at least as old as the optiplex, so it's likely to support at most 80 GB as well, not 120 GB. I ran Maxtor's HD Diagnostic tools on the drive and the test, with the exception of the long, full test, came back as passed. So, I have reasonable confidence that the problem isn't the drive. FreeBSD says during drive formatting that there may be weird errors for drives misreporting size. Are the errors that I'm seeing likely reflective of this? What should my concern level be? Thanks again, Robert Tamouh H. wrote: Hi, I'm seeing the following messages in /var/log/messages and am concerned about the integrity of the hard drive: ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting cd9660: RockRidge Extension ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting cd9660: RockRidge Extension ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting cd9660: RockRidge Extension ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: device: #ad/0x20001, blkno: 5488, size: 4096 ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting Are the ad0 messages showing the hard drive is having hardware problems? Many thanks, Robert Very likely, backup your important date, grab a HD manufacturer disk and test out the drive then post results here with the hard drive manufacture name/model. Tamouh Hello Robert, Please don't top post. It is difficult for someone joining the conversation to understand what is going on and to help. Have you taken Tamouh's advice and backed up your data? If not, do it now! Regarding size: What size differences do you see? Maxtor's diagnostics, BIOS, dmesg, fdisk, etc? I doubt this is your problem. Cables: Be sure you've got good and proper cables, that the drive's jumper is set appropriately to master or slave (and not to Auto), that both ends are tight as is the power cable. Heat: Does the drive feel extraordinarily hot? If so, replace it now! Does FreeBSD eventually boot and run? I.e., does it get past resettings of the hard drive ad0? If so, then you should definitely run the more exhaustive diagnostics. (Do this AFTER you are sure of your cabling and AFTER your backup.) Given your problem, I wouldn't put too much faith in the quick diagnostics. You could try refreshing your drive: dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/ad0 bs=1m I notice the whole bus ata0 reset a couple times. Do you have another drive that you can put into that machine and see if you get the same errors? If so, you may just need to give up on that board. You could see if Dell has diagnostics for your P133v, and if they do, run them. Most likely the errors you see in dmesg are occuring on most reads and writes, and hence your performance is going to be bad. It will also get worse whether it is the bus or the drive. If you can't find and fix your problem, make sure your backups are frequent... Do you have a small slice on your 120G drive that you could devote to Red Hat (or Fedora)? If so, and if it gives similar error messages, then Dell support would help you. Good luck, -gayn ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: HD Errors
Tamouh H. wrote: Hi, I'm seeing the following messages in /var/log/messages and am concerned about the integrity of the hard drive: ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting cd9660: RockRidge Extension ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting cd9660: RockRidge Extension ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting cd9660: RockRidge Extension ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: device: #ad/0x20001, blkno: 5488, size: 4096 ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting Are the ad0 messages showing the hard drive is having hardware problems? Many thanks, Robert Very likely, backup your important date, grab a HD manufacturer disk and test out the drive then post results here with the hard drive manufacture name/model. Tamouh OK, It's a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB ATA/133 hard drive (EIDE). It's in a Dell Dimension P133v. I also have a Dell Optiplex GX1 which only supports a hard drive of 80 GB max. This machine is at least as old as the optiplex, so it's likely to support at most 80 GB as well, not 120 GB. I ran Maxtor's HD Diagnostic tools on the drive and the test, with the exception of the long, full test, came back as passed. So, I have reasonable confidence that the problem isn't the drive. FreeBSD says during drive formatting that there may be weird errors for drives misreporting size. Are the errors that I'm seeing likely reflective of this? What should my concern level be? Thanks again, Robert Robert, I've seen bad drives passing the quick test but fail the long test. Do a long test , it could be couple of bad sectors on the drive failing, and this usually causes the short test to Pass. Also, take Gayn suggestions, check the cables...etc. Try another good drive, if that gives the same problem then most likely something incomatible with the ATA controller! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: HD Errors
Hi, I'm seeing the following messages in /var/log/messages and am concerned about the integrity of the hard drive: ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting cd9660: RockRidge Extension ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting cd9660: RockRidge Extension ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting cd9660: RockRidge Extension ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: device: #ad/0x20001, blkno: 5488, size: 4096 ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting Are the ad0 messages showing the hard drive is having hardware problems? Many thanks, Robert Very likely, backup your important date, grab a HD manufacturer disk and test out the drive then post results here with the hard drive manufacture name/model. Tamouh ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
