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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.dacom.co.kr!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail 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 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <51e7oj$jm@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <5195st$dbf@service3.uky.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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....