A data phase error is typically an indication of a bad cable.
A bad block is usually an indication of a bad block on the hard drive.
It is possible that bad blocks are being reported due to the
cabling/protocol issue but not likely. One major side effect of a
bad block error is that the drive may report old data for the contents
of the block, leading to corruption.
The VM fault is a software bug in the kernel, but it could be related
to the cable/protocol errors.
I will run some life-testing between two USB drives.
Are these drives connected via UHCI or EHCI? Post your dmesg output
after booting is complete.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
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