[Gllug] Disk errors.

[SteveC]

I've had this twice and both times its been the cable. Got new dma66 cable and
it was fine.


* William Palfreman (william at palfreman.com) wrote:
> Sep 30 04:02:02 montagu syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
> Sep 30 04:02:02 montagu syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
> Sep 30 04:02:02 montagu syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
> Sep 30 04:02:02 montagu syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
> Sep 30 04:02:02 montagu syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
> Sep 30 04:22:00 montagu anacron[1343]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.weekly' to 2001-09-30
> Sep 30 04:25:15 montagu kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } 
> Sep 30 04:25:15 montagu kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=114634, sector=114571 
> Sep 30 04:25:15 montagu kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 114571 
> Sep 30 04:25:15 montagu kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,1)): ext2_readdir: directory #80013 contains a hole at offset 4096 
> Sep 30 04:25:16 montagu kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } 
> Sep 30 04:25:16 montagu kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=114634, sector=114571 
> Sep 30 04:25:16 montagu kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 114571 
> Sep 30 04:25:17 montagu kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } 
> Sep 30 04:25:17 montagu kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=114634, sector=114571 
> Sep 30 04:25:17 montagu kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 114571 
> Sep 30 04:25:17 montagu kernel: hda: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } 
> Sep 30 04:25:17 montagu kernel: hda: status error: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=787535, sector=787472 
> Sep 30 04:25:17 montagu kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 787472 
> Sep 30 04:25:17 montagu kernel: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE 
> 
> Plus more of the same.  Nothing since then, but the week before:
> 
> Sep 27 04:02:51 montagu kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> Sep 27 04:02:51 montagu kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x40 {
> UncorrectableError
> }, LBAsect=114635, sector=114572
> Sep 27 04:02:51 montagu kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda),
> sector
> 114572
> ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@Sep
> 27 04:02:52 montagu kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x40 {
> UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=114634, sector=114571
> Sep 27 04:02:52 montagu kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), 
> sector
> 114571
> Sep 27 04:02:53 montagu kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> 
> And more of it.  Cool line of ^@ or what?
> 
> Time to replace the hard disk maybe?  It is an 800Mb Western Digital
> "Caviar", so it is quite old.  The entire disk is hda1
> 
> I've seen this before with suspect kernels - this is the Redhat 2.2.19
> stock kernel though.  The other possibility is, bizarre as this may sound,
> the disk cooling fan I bought for it may not be doing it any good.  It
> certainly ran very hot without a fan for ages without a fan.  That being
> said, it has been some months with its fan now, and it could be merely the
> cool breeze blowing over it that keeps it alive.
> 
> Anyway, does anyone have any specific advice?  If the disk is likely to
> crash at any moment I will be tempted to keep on with it, run it into the
> ground, and see what uptime I can get from it when it finally packs
> in. If you have come across this before as a fixable condition though - bad
> cable, controller/motherboard problems, or solved by a bit of fscking I
> would be interested in knowing so I don't leave it to stew!
> 
> Thanks,
> Bill.
> 
> 
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have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com fractalus.com/steve stevecoast at hushmail.com

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