> With certain directories or files I get READ_DMA timeouts and also the > system hangs totally when a certain type of error occurs. > > ad2: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retryinmg (2 retries left) LBA=24703729 > ad2: WARNING - READ_DMA Interrupt was seen but but timeout fired > LBA=24703729 ad2: WARNING - READ_DMA Interrupt was seen but but taskqueue > stalled LBA=24703729 ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> > error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> LBA=9825063 > > What I find strange is that the failing drive on the secondary IDE channel > causes the primary channel also to fail. > > I wonder if this has to happen or could be avoided. I can only reboot from > that point on.
I used a straightforward approach: copy files with midc, note on which the system freezes, reboot, and skip those files. Eventually I got everything impotant recovered. BTW, one of the few files which could not be read was the Apache log - another reason to keep huge logs on sepatate drives (or slices, at least). :) Timestamp: 0x4054BCAD [SorAlx] http://cydem.org.ua/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
