Thanks, Francois. After some testing, I've determined that drive is definitely flaky and fortunately I'm still within the vendor return window.
Tim On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Francois Tigeot <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:22:24AM -0700, Tim Darby wrote: > > I tried to move a big folder from one SATA drive to another and the > machine > > stopped responding to the point that it lost network connectivity (DF > > 2.10.1). After reboot, I found the following errors: > [...] > > kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 80 3a d6 48 0 0 80 0 > > kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error > > kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition > > kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:0,0 > [...] > > I'm guessing this is a drive problem, not a system problem, but just > wanted > > to check with the experts first. I haven't had a chance to run a drive > > diagnostic yet. I did try a repeat of that same mv command and it > happened > > again. The drive is just a month old, FWIW. > > I'll say some specific parts of the magnetic platters of your drive are > damaged and that's why you get this error every time trying to access the > same > files. > > A drive has not to be old to fail; failure during the first weeks of > activity > is relatively common. > It may have been badly packaged or handled during transport or may have > been > badly manufactured ... > > -- > Francois Tigeot >
