B-2 IRIS OWNER’S GUIDE
SERIES 3000 Version 1.0
Appendix B
B.1 Hardware Error Messages
B.1.1 General Hardware Error Messages
•IO err in swap
While swapping a user process, a hard error occurred on the swap disk.
•parity error
A parity error occurred in the system memory. Another message preceding
this error message indicates where in physical memory the error occurred.
Unix cannot diagnose the memory failure.
•iinit
The system was unable to read the root file system. Either the disk drive or
the root file system is damaged.
B.1.2 Disk Controller Messages
IRIS 3010/3020 Disk Controller Messages
A. The following messages result from a bad disk controller.
•md[0-1][a-h]: couldn’t start!
•dsd: zero status on command
•dsd: ccb timeout, “command” dev=0 unit=[0-1]
•dsd: ccb timeout during init
•dsd: cib timeout, “command” dev=0 unit=[0-1]
B. This message indicates that no label is installed on the disk.
•(***No label***)
C. The following error probably results from a bad connection from the
disk to the controller, a bad disk, or hard disk errors encountered
when one reads or writes to the disk.
•dsd0: hard error, “command” dev=0 unit=[0-1]
IRIS 3030 Disk Controller Messages
A. This message indicates that no label is installed on the disk.
•(***No label***)
B. The following messages indicate that a hard error has occurred and
recovery may not be possible.
•“Read” or “Write” on si[0-4], slice [a-h]