On 10/7/05, Simon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have ust found this in the logs - does this mean the disc is dead?
>
> WARNING: Kernel Errors Present
> hdb:hdb: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> DataRequest Error }...: 2 Time(s)
> Buffer I/O error on device hdb, l...: 33 Time(s)
> end_request: I/O error, dev hdb, sector...: 39 Time(s)
> hdb: task_in_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdN...: 351 Time(s)
> hdb: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
> Error }...: 348 Time(s)
> hdb: task_in_intr: status=0x5b { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
> Index Error }...: 1 Time(s)
Sounds like it. Is this what you get from boot (dmesg)?
You can run a SMART test with "smartctl -t <test-name>". Read its
manual carefully
to decide which test you want.
Apparently smartctl managed to recover a disk with bad blocks for me.
Do you have smartd running on this system?
Good luck,
--Amos
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