[99823] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Sudden Hard drive problems....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ramon Gandia)
Tue Nov 17 07:48:05 1998
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 03:37:00 -0900
From: Ramon Gandia <rfg@nook.net>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com, mike@bridgecanada.com
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Mike Bridge wrote:
>
> Yike- I'm suddenly getting some hard drive problems.... I haven't installed
> anything new lately and it's run for 6 months without these errors, so this
> makes me think it's a hardware problem. I ran e2fsck -cf on this drive and it
> gave me similar errors. I ran it again and it gave me the same thing but on
> different sectors. However, the system is still more or less functional.
>
> The disk is a Quantum Fireball ST2.1A and it's running under RH5.0/Linux
> 2.0.35- does anyone know what these errors mean exactly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Mike
>
> ...
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01, sector 460544
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=460612,
> sector=460546
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01, sector 460546
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=460612,
> sector=460548
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01, sector 460548
It means your hard drive is dying. It is having seek and
read errors. Usually as a result of surface defects. When
these start up, they usually compound pretty rapidly.
Quantum has a 3-year warranty. Take advantage of it. When
you get the new drive, try to put a fan on it somehow. A little
fresh air makes all the difference in the life of the drive.
I had some here would last one to three weeks of 24x7 and put
some fresh air on them, and bingo, over a year now.
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