On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 17:44 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> > hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
>
> It would help if you said what drive that is. For an oprical drive, bad
> media is the most likely.
heh I had just assumed it was the harddisk. My bad. The entry I found
for it is: hdc: DVD-ROM BDV316C, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive. And after
googling the error message I remember someone with a DVD player that
hadn't yet been zoned getting this message... As for media... it was
empty at the time :S
> Btw don't waste your time on badblocks, it was made for hard disk
> technology 15 years ago and is barely of any use now. Plus smartmontools
> is very accurate in both positive and negative results, whereas I've had
> a confirmed f***ed disk on which badblocks (which I had run just for fun)
> simply couldn't find a darn thing wrong with.
In the afore mentioned search I came across smartmontools for the first
time, hadn't heard of them before. Thanks, will check it out.
Paniccing for nothing :)
--Slosh
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