On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 08:04:22PM -0700, patrick ~ wrote: > Hi, > > This is the second time I've been seeing this type of > an error: > > Mar 27 01:30:47 box /bsd: wd0f: reading fsbn 3967732 of 3967732-3967735 (wd0 > bn 9723412; cn 9646 tn 3 sn 55), retrying > Mar 27 01:30:48 box /bsd: wd0: soft error (corrected) > -- > Apr 17 01:30:34 box /bsd: wd0f: uncorrectable data error reading fsbn 3655388 > of 3655388-3655391 (wd0 bn 9411068; cn 9336 tn 6 sn 2), retrying > Apr 17 01:30:36 box /bsd: wd0: soft error (corrected) > > > wd0f is my /usr partition. > > > How serious is this? Should I start looking into a > hard-disk replacement? Obviously I'm making a back-up > of data files I would like to keep.
This usually indicates a disk on its way out. Replace the disk; it's highly unlikely that your data is worth so little that a new disk is out of the question. Joachim