On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 14:04:13 +0200
Alex Polite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Last week I suffered something that was probably a hard drive
> crash. I do extensive nightly backups so very little data was lost,
> but the reinstallation on this sub notebook (no floppy, no cdrom) was
> rather laborious.
>
> During the reinstallation messages like these where spewed to the
> console:
> ##################################################################
> Oct 3 13:27:16 matijek kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } Oct 3 13:27:16 matijek
> kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError },
> LBAsect=5523654, sector=2792604 Oct 3 13:27:16 matijek kernel:
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:04 (hda), sector 2792604 Oct 3
> 13:27:31 matijek kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete DataRequest Error } Oct 3 13:27:31 matijek kernel: hda:
> read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=5523654,
> sector=2792604 Oct 3 13:27:31 matijek kernel: end_request: I/O error,
> dev 03:04 (hda), sector
> 2792604##############################################################
> ####
>
> I restarted the installation an went through a "check bad blocks on
> device /dev/hda". This didn't report anything (as I can recall), and I
> didn't get any more of these messages, until today when my box froze
> for a minute or so and the stuff quoted above showed up in
> /var/log/messages
>
> Is this an indication that my hard drive is physically damaged and
> that I can expect another crash unless I replace it with a new drive?
>
> --
> Alex Polite
> http://plusseven.com/gpg
>
>
You probably got a bad drive that should be replaced.
Having said that - I got the same message on one of my drives after one
partition got hosed there. After reinstalling everything is working fine
for about 3 month now.
Prost,
Klaus
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