Re: [OT] Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem (CLOSED)

2012-04-11 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:01:34 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> I finally fudged things. I set the bios so that it recognized the >>> cdrom and installed Debian Linux. I then rebooted, F2ed to the bios >>> and changed it so that it could find the hard drive.

Re: Re: [OT] Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem (CLOSED)

2012-04-10 Thread Gary Roach
On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Camaleón wrote: El 2012-04-08 a las 20:26 -0700, Gary Roach escribió: (resending to the list) On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:41:08 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: I have an older computer that is still completely serv

Re: [OT] Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem (CLOSED)

2012-04-09 Thread Camaleón
El 2012-04-08 a las 20:26 -0700, Gary Roach escribió: (resending to the list) > On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:41:08 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: >> >> >>> I have an older computer that is still completely serviceable that I am >>> switching over to Linux fro

Re: [OT] Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem

2012-04-08 Thread Gary Roach
On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:41:08 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: I have an older computer that is still completely serviceable that I am switching over to Linux from win2k. The system has had a glitch for a long time in that it fails to boot the first time I

Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem

2012-04-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/04/12 01:40, Gary Roach wrote: > On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 08/04/12 09:41, Gary Roach wrote: >> >> > There seems to be some confusion here. I still have win2k on the > machine. No confusion here (so far). Hence my request. I suspected you still had W2K

Re: Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem

2012-04-08 Thread Gary Roach
On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 08/04/12 09:41, Gary Roach wrote: I have an older computer that is still completely serviceable that I am switching over to Linux from win2k. The system has had a glitch for a long time in that it fails to boot the first time I try. The rea

[OT] Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem

2012-04-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:41:08 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > I have an older computer that is still completely serviceable that I am > switching over to Linux from win2k. The system has had a glitch for a > long time in that it fails to boot the first time I try. The reason is > that it can't find the

Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem

2012-04-08 Thread Keith
On 08/04/12 00:41, Gary Roach wrote: Swapping cables didn't help. The two units are mounted too far apart to make one master and the other slave on the same IDE port. I've run out of ideas. Anyone else have any? Perhaps a longer cable.. (Upto 1 meter long, I think; may also be joined tog

Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem

2012-04-08 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 04/07/12 16:41, Gary Roach wrote: If the BOIS ATA/IDE Configuration is set to Extended, the bios finds my CDROM drive but not the hard drive. If the configuration is set to Legacy the bios finds the hard drive but not my CDROM drive. The hard drive is on IDE -1 as master (or stand alone, makes

Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem

2012-04-07 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/04/12 09:41, Gary Roach wrote: > I have an older computer that is still completely serviceable that I am > switching over to Linux from win2k. The system has had a glitch for a > long time in that it fails to boot the first time I try. The reason is > that it can't find the WD600BB, 60 GB har

ATA/IDE hard drive problem

2012-04-07 Thread Gary Roach
I have an older computer that is still completely serviceable that I am switching over to Linux from win2k. The system has had a glitch for a long time in that it fails to boot the first time I try. The reason is that it can't find the WD600BB, 60 GB hard drive. A second try usually fixed the p

Re: hard drive problem [SOLVED - possibly]

2008-08-14 Thread Adam Hardy
Adam Hardy on 07/08/08 10:25, wrote: Adam Hardy on 06/08/08 01:26, wrote: Brian McKee on 06/08/08 00:30, wrote: On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Forsaken on 05/08/08 19:25, wrote: On Aug 5, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: I just took the hard drives f

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-07 Thread Adam Hardy
Adam Hardy on 06/08/08 01:26, wrote: Brian McKee on 06/08/08 00:30, wrote: On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Forsaken on 05/08/08 19:25, wrote: On Aug 5, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them int

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-06 Thread Adam Hardy
Brian McKee on 06/08/08 00:30, wrote: On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Forsaken on 05/08/08 19:25, wrote: On Aug 5, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into another with a similar 500MHz CPU a

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-06 Thread Dave Thayer
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 05:53:05PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: > Andrei Popescu on 05/08/08 17:22, wrote: > >> How old is that mobo anyway? 750 GB might be just a bit too much for it. > > Argh! Well, I don't really know anymore - probably 1998. So 10 years, +/- > 2 years. But then, the other mobo was

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-05 Thread Brian McKee
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Forsaken on 05/08/08 19:25, wrote: >> >> On Aug 5, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: >>> >>> I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into >>> another with a similar 500MHz CPU and mobo, but it hasn't

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-05 Thread Adam Hardy
Forsaken on 05/08/08 19:25, wrote: On Aug 5, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into another with a similar 500MHz CPU and mobo, but it hasn't worked out smoothly. fsck.ext3: no such file or directory while trying to read /dev/h

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,05.Aug.08, 17:53:05, Adam Hardy wrote: > Andrei Popescu on 05/08/08 17:22, wrote: >> On Tue,05.Aug.08, 15:51:44, Adam Hardy wrote: >>> I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into >>> another with a similar 500MHz CPU and mobo, but it hasn't worked out >>> smoothly.

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-05 Thread Adam Hardy
Andrei Popescu on 05/08/08 17:22, wrote: On Tue,05.Aug.08, 15:51:44, Adam Hardy wrote: I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into another with a similar 500MHz CPU and mobo, but it hasn't worked out smoothly. The first drive is 40Gb and seems fine, but the second, a

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,05.Aug.08, 15:51:44, Adam Hardy wrote: > I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into > another with a similar 500MHz CPU and mobo, but it hasn't worked out > smoothly. > > The first drive is 40Gb and seems fine, but the second, a 750Gb drive, has > a partition tha

hard drive problem

2008-08-05 Thread Adam Hardy
I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into another with a similar 500MHz CPU and mobo, but it hasn't worked out smoothly. The first drive is 40Gb and seems fine, but the second, a 750Gb drive, has a partition that won't mount. In fact there is also a partition on the f

Re: Hard Drive Problem

2008-05-21 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Thomas H. George wrote: After cpu failure and replacement Debian Lenny system bootup fails with a message: /bin/cat: /sys/block/hdb/hdb1/dev No such file or directory This is repeated several times and then again for hdb5. Finally kernel panic. I have run Western Digital's extended tes

Hard Drive Problem

2008-05-21 Thread Thomas H. George
After cpu failure and replacement Debian Lenny system bootup fails with a message: /bin/cat: /sys/block/hdb/hdb1/dev No such file or directory This is repeated several times and then again for hdb5. Finally kernel panic. I have run Western Digital's extended test on hdb and found no err

Re: smartctl shows hard drive problem

2008-04-28 Thread Brian McKee
On 26-Apr-08, at 12:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I checked the hard drive, but the output seems strange. 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x000a 097 097 000Old_age Always - 393216 this is a laptop, and I just put it on the desk and play some music loudly. Why s

smartctl shows hard drive problem

2008-04-26 Thread gdstm-lnxmlsts
Hi, I checked the hard drive, but the output seems strange. 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x000a 097 097 000Old_age Always - 393216 this is a laptop, and I just put it on the desk and play some music loudly. smartctl -A /dev/hda smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] C

Re: New hard drive problem

2007-08-15 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 00:04:43 -0400, William Walter wrote: > >On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 13:56:21 -0400, William Walter wrote: > > The problem resurfaced again today. The same error message came up and > > Debian Etch refuse to boot up. > > I used UUID of all the hard drives. Still no luck in fixin

Re: New hard drive problem

2007-08-14 Thread William Walter
>On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 13:56:21 -0400, William Walter wrote: > The problem resurfaced again today. The same error message came up and > Debian Etch refuse to boot up. > I used UUID of all the hard drives. Still no luck in fixing this problem. Is > there anything else I should > do? > >>Florian Ku

Re: New hard drive problem

2007-08-14 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 13:56:21 -0400, William Walter wrote: > The problem resurfaced again today. The same error message came up and > Debian Etch refuse to boot up. > I used UUID of all the hard drives. Still no luck in fixing this problem. Is > there anything else I should > do? Where did you

Re: New hard drive problem

2007-08-12 Thread William Walter
The problem resurfaced again today. The same error message came up and Debian Etch refuse to boot up. I used UUID of all the hard drives. Still no luck in fixing this problem. Is there anything else I should do?

Re: New hard drive problem

2007-08-10 Thread William Walter
On 8/6/07, Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, William Walter wrote: > > > i've a computer with debian etch. i've recently added a new sata hard > drive > > and enter the harddrive in /etc/fstab. It was working fine. Suddenly > > today Debian etch is not booting properly. I'm

Re: New hard drive problem

2007-08-06 Thread Jeff D
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, William Walter wrote: i've a computer with debian etch. i've recently added a new sata hard drive and enter the harddrive in /etc/fstab. It was working fine. Suddenly today Debian etch is not booting properly. I'm getting the following errors: Begin:Mounting root file system

New hard drive problem

2007-08-06 Thread William Walter
i've a computer with debian etch. i've recently added a new sata hard drive and enter the harddrive in /etc/fstab. It was working fine. Suddenly today Debian etch is not booting properly. I'm getting the following errors: Begin:Mounting root file system ... Begin:Running /scripts/local-top ... Don

Re: curious USB hard drive problem

2007-01-17 Thread David Garcia
I forget to me to mention that also I tested different with kernel from verison 2.6.16 to 2.6.20_rc, recompile the 2.6.18-3 of my debian etch, activating and deactivating some options and also it follows the problem. By the investigated thing to people who use ubuntu, fedora happened to them the s

Re: curious USB hard drive problem

2007-01-16 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 12:15:45PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > I have a 2.5" Toshiba MK1032GAX hard drive in a USB powered > enclosure which doesn't seem to work properly with Debian. > > The curious thing is that I am fairly sure that the drive is > ok, because if I put it into an older (looks l

Re: curious USB hard drive problem

2007-01-15 Thread Mihira Fernando
On 1/16/07, Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The Debian install was done with the older (working) enclosure, so everything seems to be there. pmount and hal are installed - is there any configuration that needs to be done to try what you have in mind? no. I had a similar problem with my

Re: curious USB hard drive problem

2007-01-15 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:31:51PM +, Mihira Fernando wrote: > On 1/15/07, Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I have a 2.5" Toshiba MK1032GAX hard drive in a USB powered > >enclosure which doesn't seem to work properly with Debian. > > > >I'm wondering if anyone has ever seen anything s

Re: curious USB hard drive problem

2007-01-15 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 12:09:08PM -0400, David Garcia wrote: > To my it happens to me the same. I have a card pci USB 4 ports with chipset > VIA model VT6212L, and after of several days investigating I could not > determine if is bug of kernel or is problem with the model of chipset. In > the end

Re: curious USB hard drive problem

2007-01-15 Thread Mihira Fernando
On 1/15/07, Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a 2.5" Toshiba MK1032GAX hard drive in a USB powered enclosure which doesn't seem to work properly with Debian. I'm wondering if anyone has ever seen anything similar, or has any ideas about what might be happening... The curious thing

Re: curious USB hard drive problem

2007-01-15 Thread David Garcia
To my it happens to me the same. I have a card pci USB 4 ports with chipset VIA model VT6212L, and after of several days investigating I could not determine if is bug of kernel or is problem with the model of chipset. In the end I had to place another card pci with chipset old model VIA VT6202 and

curious USB hard drive problem

2007-01-15 Thread Digby Tarvin
I have a 2.5" Toshiba MK1032GAX hard drive in a USB powered enclosure which doesn't seem to work properly with Debian. I'm wondering if anyone has ever seen anything similar, or has any ideas about what might be happening... The curious thing is that I am fairly sure that the drive is ok, because

Re: Hard drive problem -

1999-04-27 Thread James M . Mastros
On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 05:50:57PM +0300, Gal Shalif wrote: > my system has two IDE controllers with a cable each, one cable has > connections for two devices and the other has a connections for one > device only. > When I connect the disk with the cable that has connections for two > disks, I get

Re: Hard drive problem -

1999-04-26 Thread Gal Shalif
Milenium G200 8MB PCI: NIC Kingston Technology KNE100TX (Digital DS21143 Tulip chipset) >Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 16:33:07 +0100 (CET) From: "V.H.Berk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Hard drive problem Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Typ

Re: Hard drive problem

1999-02-27 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
[Vincent, please use < 80 char lines.] On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 16:33:07 +0100, V.H.Berk wrote: > I'm getting a whole bunch of errors while tying to use Linux, such as: > > crc error system halted > ext2 error in superblock > free_one_bmd: bad directory entry 0008 > trying to free non-existen

Hard drive problem

1999-02-27 Thread V.H.Berk
I'm getting a whole bunch of errors while tying to use Linux, such as: crc error system halted ext2 error in superblock free_one_bmd: bad directory entry 0008 trying to free non-existent swap-page segmentation fault currupted filesystem These errors come completely at random. Sometimes durin

Hard drive problem

1997-09-03 Thread Shaleh
We recently had a bad storm. After numerous bad power spikes and outages, my hard drive light never goes out. It does not blink, flicker, etc. and there is no sound of hd access. My machine was on -- the storm kinda suprised us. It is an IDE maxtor 1.3 gb drive that has been working fine. Ther

hard drive problem - cannot mark bad blocks

1996-08-22 Thread Gerry Jensen
Recently, I posted that I got these errors with my hard drive: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=2342358, sector=2342294 end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01, sector 2342294 It also crashed on occasion. Running "e2