You could have found this out by googling for that string but...

DMA = Direct memory access. (fast transfer disk <=> RAM)
LBA = Logical block addressing (err physical addressing of your 
disk)

So...your error ...

On Tuesday 20 June 2006 15:42, Ronald Nsubuga wrote:
> ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR>
> error=84<ICRC,UNCORRECTABLE> LBA=1

means the ad driver has failed to read your disk. Check that your 
IDE cable(s) is/are plugged in correctly and if they are, then 
chances are your disk may be dead.

Incidentally your subject tells it all ;-)
-- 
patrick
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