🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.next.hardware
Article #1481

Re: >>>HELP<<< PLEASE: Fujitsu hard disk problems

#1481
From: System Administrator
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 17:55
31 lines
1966 bytes
Wassim M. Jabi (wjabi@libra.arch.umich.edu) wrote:
: Hi:
: I've been experiencing some trouble with my Fujitsu 520MB
: external.  It happens once or twice a week. I would hear the disk
: go "click, click" and then the console window will have these messages
: scrolling by. Many times an alert window would come up telling me
: to save documents before logging out. Any idea what is going on?
: 
: Messages:
: ------ cut here -----------------------------
: Target 0: HARDWARE ERROR; block 0H retry 1
: Target 0: NOT READY; retry 1
: Target 0: NOT READY; retry 2
:              .
:              .
:              .
: Target 0: NOT READY; retry 19
: sd0 (0,0): sense key:0x2  additional sense code: 0x4
:     SCSI Block in error = 0 (front porch)
: IO error on pagein: error = 5.
: Dec 30 15:00:18 Workspace: Controller exited.
: ------ cut here -----------------------------
: HELP!!!!!!

I strongly suggest that you invest in a good backup system.
You may be able to get away with a full reformat and restore, but I suspect 
that your disk is about to bite the big one.
--
=> Sherwood Botsford                   sherwood@space.ualberta.ca <= 
=> University of Alberta         Lab Manager, Space Physics Group <=         
=> tel:403 492-3713                             fax: 403 492-4256 <=         
Technical Details
Message-ID: <1993Jan6.175559.17831@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!gumby!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!sherwood
References: <Mta=3D@engin.umich.edu>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!gumby!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!sherwood
From: sherwood@space.ualberta.ca (System Administrator)
Subject: Re: >>>HELP<<< PLEASE: Fujitsu hard disk problems
Message-ID: <1993Jan6.175559.17831@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
Sender: news@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca
Nntp-Posting-Host: fenris.space.ualberta.ca
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
References: <Mta=3D@engin.umich.edu>
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:55:59 GMT
Lines: 31