On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 10:04 +1200, John Carter wrote:
> On Wed, 25 May 2005, Joshua Stewart Collins wrote:
>
> > Upon starting up linux yesterday I got error messages saying something
> > about drive seek errors, or something along those lines. And when I say
> > I got them I'm talking at least one (sometimes 10) per normal output
> > line. Was just wondering what it was and if anyone could tell me what
> > caused it. Unfortunately I didn't have the forthought to copy the exact
> > message from dmesg before restarting.
>
> su -
> cd /var/log
> ls -lrt messages*
Aha found it
hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
or
hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=21133566,
sector=162063
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:05 (hda), sector 162063
and repeat those ad nauseum.
and yes it wouldn't be the first time my PCs done something and people
have suggested the hard drive is about to give up the ghost. Really
should see about getting a new one.
--Slosh
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