On 7/13/07, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Lan Barnes wrote:
> On Fri, July 13, 2007 7:02 pm, James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
>> Lan Barnes wrote:
>>> My MythTV box (FC6) is throwing these messages on boot and in dmesg:
>>>
>>> hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>>> hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>>> ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0
>>> hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>>> hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>>> ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0
>>> hdd: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>>> hdd: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>>> ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0
>>>
>>> Both drives are less than a year old; one less than 6 months. What's
>>> going
>>> on?
>>>
>> I've seen these error messages for
>> 1) actual bad drives (but usu. not where 2+ fail at once)
>> (confirmed by manufacturer's diagnostic utility)
>> (preferably, testing on another box)
>> 2) bad cabling or loose connectors
>> 3) bad motherboard (I think) -- or maybe heat problem in chipset?
>>
>> In some cases I have regained stability by backing off the UDMA
settings
>> via hdparm -X until the DriveReady SeekComplete Error stopped. Can't
>> say I felt good (or comfortable) about doing that, though.
>>
>> Regards,
>> ..jim
>>
>
> The box appears to be running beautifully. How afraid should I be?
>
My experience is that this kind of error message seemed to get worse
over time (longer streams of messages, etc), and that eventually showed
up as sluggish behavior and ultimately, hard 'lockups'.
Disclaimer: I'm speaking with no hardware credentials here -- just my
personal amateurish assessment.
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable will comment on the particular error
messages you quoted?
Regards,
..jim
When I see these error messages in my server logs, the drive gets replaced.
Drives are too cheap to risk data loss.
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