On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, chuck gelm wrote:
First: Backup your data on /dev/hdb! :-|
Second: I recommend editing /etc/smartd.conf to include
/dev/hdb -a
Then running
smartd
Then
tail -f /var/log/messages
and see whazzzup! ;-)
This doesn't reveal anything related to the drive. Some mouse messages
show up there, but that's another puzzle. Further investigation reveals
that, when I boot with the "old" 2.6.10 kernel, there are no dmesg output
errors related to /dev/hdb. Furthermore, with the 2.6.12 kernel I got
doing the dist-upgrade, I seem also to have gotten udev. Maybe this is
related somehow to udev? I notice I've got usb hotplug back with the
dist-upgrade, too. Probably the resolution to these and related issues is
compiling my own kernel and the learning associated with that. I've
actually compiled a kernel before semi-successfully. I don't remember much
about it though, and there's a special Debian way of doing it that I'm not
very familiar with, so it would be sort of like starting from square one.
If anyone has further input on the /dev/hdb errors referenced, the 2.6.12
kernel, udev, or other related advice, please offer it.
Thanks, James
James Miller wrote:
I run a Debian unstable system here and recently did a
dist-upgrade--actually the Synaptic equivalent. In the process, I got a new
kernel (2.6.12). On reboot, I noticed alot of errors referencing /dev/hdb.
This is not the oldest of the 3 hard drives I have in this machine, but
it's also not very new (ca. 4 years old). All drives are on the built-in
IDE channels. I'm wondering if the output may be telling me the hardware is
on its way south. I include relevant dmesg output below. Any input or
advice on this anyone?
NET: Registered protocol family 1
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
PIIX4: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:07.1
PIIX4: chipset revision 1
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
Probing IDE interface ide0...
<snip>> hda: ST310215A, ATA DISK drive
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