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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!olivea!wetware!sjsumcs.sjsu.edu!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.wwa.com!gil From: gil@wwa.com (Gil Levendel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: SCSI hardware failures Date: 14 Feb 1996 00:09:52 GMT Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4fr98g$7t7@kirin.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: miso.wwa.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Recently, I've been seeing the following errors coming from my second SCSI hard disk (sorry for the line wraps): --- Feb 8 19:29:05 pepe lpd[89]: restarted Feb 8 19:29:11 pepe login: login on ttyv0 as gil Feb 8 20:03:42 pepe /kernel: sd1(ahc0:1:0): HARDWARE FAILURE info:3b20 asc:3,0 Peripheral device write fault field replaceable unit: 3 Feb 8 20:03:45 pepe /kernel: , retries:4 Feb 8 20:03:45 pepe /kernel: ield replaceable unit: 3 Feb 8 20:03:45 pepe /kernel: , retries:1 Feb 8 20:03:45 pepe /kernel: sd1(ahc0:1:0): HARDWARE FAILURE info:3b48 asc:3,0 Peripheral device write fault field replaceable unit: 3 Feb 8 20:03:45 pepe /kernel: , retries:1 Feb 8 20:03:45 pepe /kernel: sd1(ahc0:1:0): HARDWARE FAILURE info:3b20 asc:3,0 Peripheral device write fault field replaceable unit: 3 Feb 8 20:03:46 pepe /kernel: , FAILURE Feb 8 20:03:46 pepe /kernel: swap_pager: I/O error - async pageout failed; blkn o 15104, size 4096, error 5 Feb 8 20:03:46 pepe /kernel: swap_pager_finish: I/O error, clean of page ddd000 failed ---- This disk is a Maxtor MXT540SL, and the errors seem to show up after my machine has been up a few minutes. I don't hear any strange noises or anything. :) Does anyone know how to interpret these failures? I assume that this means that my hard disk has gone bad? Thanks, Gil