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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Errors
Date: 14 Sep 1996 13:17:23 +0100
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Hoard Douglas Glen (hoard@ewl.uky.edu) wrote:
: Recently I have been getting the following hard drive error(s) ...

: 	wd0s2b: soft error reading fsbn 7721 of 7720-7735
: 	(wd0s2 bn 130601; cn 214 tn 12 33)
: 	wd0: status 58 <seekdone,drq> error 40 <uncorr>

: I have been using 2.1.5 for about the last 2 weeks with no problems,
: but suddenly the hard drive errors, weird noises, relatively poor
: performance, etc.

: 	System:
: 		486sx33
: 		4MB ram, 10MB swap
: 		210MB Conner hard drive

I'd have a look around for some diagnostic tools.  It looks like a
flaky disk :(  Is it under hw warranty ?

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....