DUMP: read error: Bad address

[Chris Jones]

Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Chris Jones <chris at cjones.org> writes:
>   
>> # dump -0aL -f - /var | ( cd /mnt/var && restore -rf - )
>>
>> I got about a dozen messages like this:
>>
>>  DUMP: read error from /dev/ad8s1d: Bad address: [block 10992192]:
>> count=5120
>>     
> It could be a serious problem, but is not necessarily such.
> Can you use smarttools to query the disk firmware for *its*
> opinion?
>   

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

...so I assume the drive thinks it's doing just fine.

Is this likely coming from a signal error, like a bad cable? Is it 
random driver lossage? Most importantly, is the ATA driver going to 
retry and correct this error, or does it mean I'm getting corrupted data 
on my disks?

Chris