On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:05:49 +0100, jere wrote > wd0(pciide1:0:0): timeout > type: ata > c_bcount: 16384 > c_skip: 0 > pciide1:0:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x21 > wd0h: device timeout writing fsbn 87668544 of 87668544-87668575 (wd0 > bn 144972399; cn 9024 tn 29 sn 12), retrying wd0: soft error > (corrected) > > I suddenly got this error (while surfing the web in default Gnome > session) on OpenBSD 4.2 release (patched up to patch_004, including > it). > > Is it a disk error or something else ? Please help.
It is a disk error. At first, the disk did not respond, hence the "missing intterupt." The OS tried again, and the disk eventually responded. The OS classified this as a "soft" error, meaning it was corrected via retry. It is time to run a disk analysis. The built-in atactl(8) program can get you information from the drive's SMART electronics, but I prefer the smartmontools package. Good luck!
