[H-GEN] Python doesn't love me anymore

[Sarah Walters]

Sandra Mansell wrote:

>> Sep  6 14:36:05 tempus kernel: ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (2 
>> retries left) LBA=1194183
>> Sep  6 14:36:05 tempus kernel: ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 
>> cable or device
>> Sep  6 14:36:05 tempus kernel: ad1: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 
>> cable or device
>> Sep  6 14:36:05 tempus kernel: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA timed out
>>
>>
>> I've seen this once before. Time for a new HDD. *sigh*
>
>
> I'd try a new cable first. Much cheaper if it works. I've had hard 
> drives I was sure were dead and just had a cable that had died. Or a 
> motherboard IDE channel that had died (had more than one of those go 
> on me!). Things that looks like a dying hard drive aren't always that. 
> I'd test the hard drive in another machine with the manufacturer's 
> testing suite before throwing it in the bin or returning it on 
> warranty (depending on how new/old the drive is).
>
> Sandra.

It's a 20 GB HDD that is about four years old. So odds are it's ready 
for retirement. As I said, it's not the first time I've seen this happen.

Sarah