[Gllug] Disk Errors causing machine to freeze

[Ben Whyte]

> ATA device, with non-removable media
> 	Model Number:       Hitachi HDS721010KLA330
> 	Firmware Revision:  GKAOA70M
>
> 	device size with M = 1024*1024:      953869 MBytes
> 	device size with M = 1000*1000:     1000204 MBytes (1000 GB)
>
> 00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev a1)
> 00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
> 00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
>
> 01:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron
> 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 03)
> 01:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363
> AHCI Controller (rev 03)
>
> Linux asus 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> Ben


On digging it appears that there are kernel issues at work here.

It seems to effect certain chipsets though I'm not sure why.

There is a lot of information about this that has been on the web for a 
long time.  Including a conversation involving linus back in 2006.

There is a patch by Mark Lord I think heading along for an issue in mv_sata.

I'm just a bit miffed as I have already lost a lot of data due to this 
issue, a lot of time rebuilding and spent over £200 on new disks I 
probably didnt need to buy.

Ben

Ben
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