Re: irq timeout error

2009-12-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Mykal Funk wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: Mykal Funk wrote: While running a compile of GCC I got the following error: Oh, if you have a distro which can use SMART, and your disc is SMART capable, you can ask it. # smartctl -i /dev/hda This command showed that the drive was SMART

Re: irq timeout error

2009-12-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Mykal Funk wrote: SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 4 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 025Pre-fail Always

Re: irq timeout error

2009-12-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Mykal Funk wrote: Now that I have smartctl to monitor the hard drives (thanks Mike) I'm going to run it until it dies. I don't have to worry much as this isn't a production machine. I'll be sure to make frequent backups. I've found a few sites that give insight into the SMART data, and Ken

Re: irq timeout error

2009-12-19 Thread Ken Moffat
2009/12/19 Mykal Funk mykalf...@gmail.com: Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000b   100   100   025    Pre-fail Always       -       274871  3 Spin_Up_Time

Re: irq timeout error

2009-12-19 Thread William Immendorf
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Ken Moffat zarniwhoo...@googlemail.com wrote:  I always find SMART data (specifically, the WORST and THRESHhold columns) causes my head to spin.  My impression is that 'Worst' counts down, and I think the RAW_VALUE column (the last one) is the first place to

Re: irq timeout error

2009-12-19 Thread Mykal Funk
William Immendorf wrote: On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Ken Moffat zarniwhoo...@googlemail.com wrote: I always find SMART data (specifically, the WORST and THRESHhold columns) causes my head to spin. My impression is that 'Worst' counts down, and I think the RAW_VALUE column (the

irq timeout error

2009-12-18 Thread Mykal Funk
While running a compile of GCC I got the following error: hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } hda: possibly failed opcode: 0xc4 ide0: unexpected interrupt, status=0xd4, count=1 ide0: reset: success hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } hda: possibly failed opcode: 0x20 ide0: unexpected

Re: irq timeout error

2009-12-18 Thread Mike McCarty
Mykal Funk wrote: While running a compile of GCC I got the following error: hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } hda: possibly failed opcode: 0xc4 ide0: unexpected interrupt, status=0xd4, count=1 ide0: reset: success hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } hda: possibly failed opcode:

Re: irq timeout error

2009-12-18 Thread Mike McCarty
Mykal Funk wrote: While running a compile of GCC I got the following error: Oh, if you have a distro which can use SMART, and your disc is SMART capable, you can ask it. # smartctl -i /dev/hda will tell you whether you have a SMART capable disc, and whether it be enabled. If your disc is SMART

Re: irq timeout error

2009-12-18 Thread Mykal Funk
Mike McCarty wrote: Mykal Funk wrote: While running a compile of GCC I got the following error: Oh, if you have a distro which can use SMART, and your disc is SMART capable, you can ask it. # smartctl -i /dev/hda This command showed that the drive was SMART enabled, though it