Erik de Jong writes: > FWIW, I had WRITE_DMA time outs as well, on a non-SATA disk of about 3 > years old. My instict told me to make that last backup real quick, so > that's what I did. The disk crashed about a week or two later. I'm an > absolute FreeBSD newbie, but hardware problems transcend OS > differences ;-)
What made you think it was a hardware problem? > I worked in a large software company for a while and found out (much to > my own surprise at the time) that it's not always that easy. It's not > always a matter of "I wrote the code so I know what this message means". > Those messages could be anywhere in any piece of code involved at the > time of the error. It could be passed on by another piece of code > (firmware?). Somebody, somewhere knows what causes this error. > Second, code comes in many shapes and forms (and I think this is one > area where open and closed source are probably very similar): neat code, > sloppy code, quick fixes, things that really shouldn't be there, > absolute gems and everything in between. Such as code without any trace of comments, like I see in FreeBSD. > The BEST troubleshooting tip not matter what you trying to > resolve is: do not rule out anything. Including the operating system. > Obviously, I think you have a hardware issue, but that's only my > opinion. I'm just writing to share my own experience. Which hardware issue do I have? > You're writing that noone knows what these mysterious error messages > mean? This could very well be the case right now. Somebody wrote the code. > Perhaps the issue hasn't been troubleshot enough yet. It has been around for a least a year, judging by what I've found on the Net. > I think that having problems and having difficulty resolving them is far > from a FreeBSD problem. Report myserious error messages to any software > company and there's always a risk that they won't be easily resolved. That doesn't make it okay for FreeBSD. -- Anthony _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
