On Sunday 24 December 2006 08:42, PaulNM wrote:
> Hi,
>
> These type of messages:
>
> [17180157.020000] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> Error }
> [17180157.020000] hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError },
> LBAsect=5, high=0, low=5, sector=0
> [17180157.020000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> [17180157.020000] end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 0
>
>
> are very bad signs. Nine times out of ten it means the drive is dead,
> or nearly so. The few times it's not a dead/dying drive, is usually due
> to dma not being supported, or a bad cable. Given that dd is not
> working, and nothing seems able to actually write to the drive, I'm
> leaning towards a dead drive.
>
> As a last ditch attempt, you could try reseating the power and ide
> cable on the drive, as well as the motherboard end of the ide cable. If
> you have another system laying around, you could put the problem drive
> in there to confirm it is a drive problem.I agree that in all likelihood your HD is toast. However, before you start searching on Ebay you would better follow the above advice to reseat cables and, or sockets. I used to have an IBM laptop with a problematic floppy drive that needed reseating in its socket every now and then to cure its boot problems. -- Regards, Mick
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