Re: installworld error: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY, DSC, ERROR> error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> LBA=28071584

From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 06:48:48 -0800
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas_at_bristol.ac.uk> wrote:

...

> Is my disk dying?

Uncorrectable read errors suggest yes (especially because the LBA
varies between the two error messages). I would definitely backup your
data at the very least, and as others suggested use smartmontools [via
a livecd?].
Cheers,
-Garrett
Received on Fri Jan 04 2013 - 13:48:55 UTC

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