Solved Did i destroyed my ssd`s by dealing with OS wrong ?

GlitchyDot

GlitchyDot

Hi, i did a thing, a mistake i think.
I had FreeBSD with ZFS and multiple ssd`s - decided to try another OS - so i loaded my pc with other OS - formatted some drives(while FreeBSD OS was inside ) and now drives which were not formatted - i want to reuse them but i have an issue.
geom disk list
Wont show its plugged in.
I tried to see them trough bios - 0 success
connected via usb - 0 success.
Was this a consequences of my stupid actions or suddenly both ssd`s gave up ? they where in zfs 2way mirror and could be a GELI as well as these ssd`s where my boot loader, os and swap.
 
Are you able to boot into FreeBSD and that ZFS pool is for data or does booting fail as well? I assume you booted via USB/DVD to issue that geom command?

If I'm reading this right, it sounds like a hardware issue - but then again, I assume there's at least two disks and both of them failing right at the same moment would be quite the coincidence (though not unheard of either).

Even if those disks were geli encrypted, you should at least see the media. Is there anything relevant in dmesg?
 
cmoerz said:
Are you able to boot into FreeBSD and that ZFS pool is for data or does booting fail as well? I assume you booted via USB/DVD to issue that geom command?

If I'm reading this right, it sounds like a hardware issue - but then again, I assume there's at least two disks and both of them failing right at the same moment would be quite the coincidence (though not unheard of either).

Even if those disks were geli encrypted, you should at least see the media. Is there anything relevant in dmesg?
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No im not able to boot into and i dont see these drives in Bios/Uefi settings. I plugged them with usb on my laptop to see what is what and no i did not checked dmesg ... let me check.

da1: fatal error, failed to attach to device / and another line states HARDWARE FAILURE (Vendor Specific ASCQ)
 
GlitchyDot said:
No im not able to boot into and i dont see these drives in Bios/Uefi settings. I plugged them with usb on my laptop to see what is what and no i did not checked dmesg ... let me check.

da1: fatal error, failed to attach to device / and another line states HARDWARE FAILURE (Vendor Specific ASCQ)
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Odd not seeing them in Bios/Uefi and then the fatal error plugging them into a laptop. That Hardware Failure seems pretty specific.
What was this "other OS" you tried? In theory, just installing should not have killed the ssds but one never knows
 
Arch Linux
But these SSD`s where never used before just collecting dust in my cupboard until i decided to use them with FreeBSD.
 
if i check ASC Key codes:
asc: 44 hardware error - internal target failure
ascq 81 ( Vendor specific ) - i cant find , probs need some time to dig these key codes.
 
That hardware failure log entry does not bode well, to be honest. Then again, I've seen issues with USB connectors in the past.

Is this an nvme or SATA drive?

Do you have another computer or connector you can try? Boot with a FreeBSD install media (i.e. USB thumb drive) to check whether you can decrypt with geli - that's what I would try at least.

If you get a device node, you could at least give sysutils/ddrescue a try or go for a commercial tool like Steve Gibson's Spinrite (that one saved my bacon multiple times and from what I read, it even works for SSDs).
 
I did booted with fbsd usb to install fbsd again and thats when i noted that these ssd`s are not there. then i rebooted my pc to see startup where it shows my devices - not on the list, jumped right into bios/uefi - not there. reseted bios/uefi - not there. pulled out from pc ( sata) - connected with usb - not there. :)
I will try to plug them back in once i do my fbsd install again just to try out of curiosity , and i think i do have a spare laptop to test it.
i know usb connector is fine as i have spare ssd and it shows up if i do geom disk list
 
Got it. Then this very much looks like a hardware issue, I'm afraid.

I wouldn't usually expect Linux to fry a hard disk, though. Very unusual - particularly if you didn't actually install on it and just left it in the box.

Maybe try another SATA port when you reinstall, just to be on the safe side - to mitigate the risk that something hardware related (i.e. short on the port/cable/etc.) killed the drives?
 
cmoerz said:
Got it. Then this very much looks like a hardware issue, I'm afraid.

I wouldn't usually expect Linux to fry a hard disk, though. Very unusual - particularly if you didn't actually install on it and just left it in the box.

Maybe try another SATA port when you reinstall, just to be on the safe side - to mitigate the risk that something hardware related (i.e. short on the port/cable/etc.) killed the drives?
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i have other SSD`s connected to same SATA leads - all good.
I noted my borked SSD`s where a bit hot , much hotter than other ones.

mer said:
rebooted.
Did you power things off for a minute or so?
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I do power off my pc every night, but sometimes it used to run for months without powering off - all fine.
 
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Yeah, unexpected/extreme heating up points to something either shorted or going way over the supposed voltage limit. Probably goners...
 
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