I have been chasing intermittent problems with my hard disks for a while now, and have replaced nearly everything, including drives, in an attempt to fix them. I had convinced myself that it must be a motherboard problem so I just swapped out to the one listed below. Disk errors show up at the end of the dmesg. This machine acts as a backup server, with data coming in from a Windows machine (via samba) and then a mass of rsync and gtar/gzip activity.
What I was wondering is whether the problem might be something other than hardware. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, Steve OpenBSD 3.7 (GENERIC.MP) #50: Sun Mar 20 00:17:19 MST 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP cpu0: AMD Athlon(tm) MP 2000+ ("AuthenticAMD" 686-class) 1.67 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE real mem = 1073258496 (1048104K) avail mem = 972795904 (949996K) using 4278 buffers containing 53764096 bytes (52504K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(f6) BIOS, date 03/05/02, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfb100 apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0xdf94 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdec0/208 (11 entries) pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 5 11 pcibios0: no compatible PCI ICU found pcibios0: Warning, unable to fix up PCI interrupt routing pcibios0: PCI bus #2 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xa800 0xcc000/0x2800 0xcf000/0x1800 mainbus0: Intel MP Specification (Version 1.4) (OEM00000 PROD00000000) cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) k7_powernow: couldn't map BIOS cpu0: apic clock running at 266 MHz cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: AMD Athlon(tm) MP 2000+ ("AuthenticAMD" 686-class) 1.67 GHz cpu1: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV mainbus0: bus 0 is type PCI mainbus0: bus 1 is type PCI mainbus0: bus 2 is type PCI mainbus0: bus 3 is type ISA ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "AMD 762 PCI" rev 0x11 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "AMD 762 PCI-PCI" rev 0x00 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 5 function 0 "Nvidia Vanta" rev 0x15 wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "AMD 768 ISA" rev 0x05 pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "AMD 768 IDE" rev 0x04: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST340014A> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 38166MB, 78165360 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SONY, DVD-ROM DDU1621, S3.3> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 "AMD 768 Power Mgmt" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured auich0 at pci0 dev 7 function 5 "AMD 768 AC97" rev 0x03: apic 2 int 17 (irq 11), AMD768 AC97 ac97: codec id 0x49434511 (ICEnsemble ICE1232) ac97: codec features headphone, 18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, KS Waves 3D audio0 at auich0 pciide1 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "Promise PDC20269" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI pciide1: using apic 2 int 17 (irq 11) for native-PCI interrupt wd1 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 7Y250P0> wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 239372MB, 490234752 sectors wd2 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 1: <ST3250823A> wd2: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 238475MB, 488397168 sectors wd1(pciide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 wd2(pciide1:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 wd3 at pciide1 channel 1 drive 0: <ST3300831A> wd3: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 286168MB, 586072368 sectors wd3(pciide1:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 ppb1 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "AMD 768 PCI-PCI" rev 0x05 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 ohci0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "AMD 768 USB" rev 0x07: apic 2 int 19 (irq 11), version 1.0, legacy support usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: AMD OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered em0 at pci2 dev 6 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000MT (82540EM)" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 18 (irq 5), address: 00:0e:0c:06:b6:ea fxp0 at pci2 dev 9 function 0 "Intel 82559ER" rev 0x09, i82559S: apic 2 int 17 (irq 11), address 00:10:dc:4c:ee:e3 inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82555 10/100 PHY, rev. 4 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux 1 ignored for console): console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> sysbeep0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 lm0 at isa0 port 0x290/8: W83627HF npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec biomask 0 netmask 0 ttymask 0 ioapic0: pin 17 shares different IPL interrupts (40..90), degraded performance pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support apm0: disconnected dkcsum: wd0 matched BIOS disk 80 dkcsum: wd1 matched BIOS disk 81 dkcsum: wd2 matched BIOS disk 82 dkcsum: wd3 matched BIOS disk 83 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 k7_powernow: couldn't map BIOS wd3(pciide1:1:0): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 16384 c_skip: 0 pciide1:1:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x20 wd3a: device timeout writing fsbn 154732672 of 154732672-154732703 (wd3 bn 154732735; cn 153504 tn 11 sn 10), retrying wd3: soft error (corrected) wd3(pciide1:1:0): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 16384 c_skip: 0 pciide1:1:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x20 wd3a: device timeout writing fsbn 155063264 of 155063264-155063295 (wd3 bn 155063327; cn 153832 tn 10 sn 41), retrying wd3: soft error (corrected) wd3(pciide1:1:0): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 16384 c_skip: 0 pciide1:1:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x20 wd3a: device timeout writing fsbn 155063360 of 155063360-155063391 (wd3 bn 155063423; cn 153832 tn 12 sn 11), retrying wd3: soft error (corrected) wd3(pciide1:1:0): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 16384 c_skip: 0 pciide1:1:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x20 wd3a: device timeout writing fsbn 165973792 of 165973792-165973823 (wd3 bn 165973855; cn 164656 tn 9 sn 40), retrying wd3: soft error (corrected) wd3(pciide1:1:0): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 16384 c_skip: 0 pciide1:1:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x20 wd3a: device timeout writing fsbn 167627328 of 167627328-167627359 (wd3 bn 167627391; cn 166297 tn 0 sn 15), retrying wd3: soft error (corrected) wd3(pciide1:1:0): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 16384 c_skip: 0 pciide1:1:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x20 wd3a: device timeout writing fsbn 167957952 of 167957952-167957983 (wd3 bn 167958015; cn 166625 tn 0 sn 15), retrying wd3: soft error (corrected) wd3(pciide1:1:0): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 16384 c_skip: 0 pciide1:1:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x20 wd3a: device timeout writing fsbn 166965888 of 166965888-166965919 (wd3 bn 166965951; cn 165640 tn 13 sn 12), retrying wd3: soft error (corrected) wd3(pciide1:1:0): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 16384 c_skip: 0 pciide1:1:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x20 wd3: transfer error, downgrading to Ultra-DMA mode 4 wd3(pciide1:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 wd3a: device timeout writing fsbn 167627168 of 167627168-167627199 (wd3 bn 167627231; cn 166296 tn 13 sn 44), retrying wd3: soft error (corrected) wd2(pciide1:0:1): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 65536 c_skip: 0 pciide1:0:1: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x60 wd2a: device timeout writing fsbn 453771584 of 453771584-453771711 (wd2 bn 453771647; cn 450170 tn 4 sn 35), retrying wd2: soft error (corrected) wd2(pciide1:0:1): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 65536 c_skip: 0 pciide1:0:1: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x60 wd2: transfer error, downgrading to Ultra-DMA mode 4 wd1(pciide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 wd2(pciide1:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 wd2a: device timeout writing fsbn 453775168 of 453775168-453775295 (wd2 bn 453775231; cn 450173 tn 13 sn 28), retrying wd2: soft error (corrected) Contents of /etc/fstab: /dev/wd0a / ffs rw 1 1 /dev/wd0h /home ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2 /dev/wd0j /pub ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2 /dev/wd0d /tmp ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2 /dev/wd0g /usr ffs rw,nodev,softdep 1 2 /dev/wd0e /var ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2 /dev/wd1a /pub/test ffs rw,nodev,softdep 1 2 /dev/wd1d /pub/archives ffs rw,nodev,softdep 1 2 /dev/wd2a /pub/backups ffs rw,nodev,softdep 1 2 /dev/wd3a /pub/mirror ffs rw,nodev,softdep 1 2