On Nov 16, 2007 5:05 PM, Douglas Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been getting the following message repeating continuously: > > ad1:FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY, DSC, ERROR> > error=1<ILLEGAL_LENGTH> LBA=216026367 > g_vfs_done():ad1s1[READ(offset = 110605467648, length = 16384)]error=5 > ad1:FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY, DSC, ERROR> > error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> LBA=216026367 > g_vfs_done():ad1s1[READ(offset = 110605467648, length = 16384)]error=5 > ad1:FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY, DSC, ERROR> > error=1<ILLEGAL_LENGTH> LBA=216026367 > g_vfs_done():ad1s1[READ(offset = 110605467648, length = 16384)]error=5 > .... > > The same thing repeats every so often. What does this mean? I've read > other threads (Drives Dieing) about possibly shutting down dma or > reinstalling the system, but is that the best solution to this kind of > problem? > > Thanks. > > ~Doug > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
One of the first things you can do is install sysutils/smartmontools. This package gives you the ability to access the S.M.A.R.T. functionality of your drives. Of course, your drives need to include S.M.A.R.T. capability and be enabled. After installing you can check to see if your drives support it by using the smartctl command. This is also the command that will use to run tests and check the results. Check out their homepage for more info: http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Regards -- Chad M. Gross _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"