SATA drive problem

2011-06-29 Thread Tim Darby 
I tried to move a big folder from one SATA drive to another and the machine
stopped responding to the point that it lost network connectivity (DF
2.10.1).  After reboot, I found the following errors:

kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer:  offset: 6631784448, size: 4096
kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer:  offset: 6631800832, size: 4096
kernel: ahci0.4: TFES slot 28 ci_saved = 1f00
kernel: ahci0.4: read NCQ error page slot=8
kernel: ahci0.4: DONE log page target 0 err_slot=8
kernel: ahci0.4: disk_rw: error
kernel: ahci0.4: Restart 1e00
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 80 3a d6 48 0 0 80 0
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:0,0
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): No additional sense information
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data)
kernel: ahci0.4: TFES slot 7 ci_saved = ffc000fd
kernel: ahci0.4: read NCQ error page slot=22
kernel: ahci0.4: DONE log page target 0 err_slot=22
kernel: ahci0.4: disk_rw: error
kernel: ahci0.4: Restart ff8000fd
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 80 3a dd 48 0 0 80 0
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:0,0
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): No additional sense information
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data)
kernel: ahci0.4: TFES slot 8 ci_saved = ff800100
kernel: ahci0.4: read NCQ error page slot=8
kernel: ahci0.4: DONE log page target 0 err_slot=8
kernel: ahci0.4: disk_rw: error
kernel: ahci0.4: Restart ff80
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 80 3a dd 48 0 0 80 0
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:0,0
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): No additional sense information
kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data)

I'm guessing this is a drive problem, not a system problem, but just wanted
to check with the experts first.  I haven't had a chance to run a drive
diagnostic yet.  I did try a repeat of that same mv command and it happened
again.  The drive is just a month old, FWIW.

Tim

Re: SATA drive problem

2011-06-29 Thread Francois Tigeot 
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:22:24AM -0700, Tim Darby wrote:
 I tried to move a big folder from one SATA drive to another and the machine
 stopped responding to the point that it lost network connectivity (DF
 2.10.1).  After reboot, I found the following errors:
[...]
 kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 80 3a d6 48 0 0 80 0
 kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
 kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
 kernel: (da4:ahci0:4:0:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:0,0
[...]
 I'm guessing this is a drive problem, not a system problem, but just wanted
 to check with the experts first.  I haven't had a chance to run a drive
 diagnostic yet.  I did try a repeat of that same mv command and it happened
 again.  The drive is just a month old, FWIW.

I'll say some specific parts of the magnetic platters of your drive are
damaged and that's why you get this error every time trying to access the same
files.

A drive has not to be old to fail; failure during the first weeks of activity
is relatively common.
It may have been badly packaged or handled during transport or may have been
badly manufactured ...

-- 
Francois Tigeot