Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-17 Thread Dominique Dumont
On jeudi 14 janvier 2021 00:14:16 CET Michael Stone wrote: > A more likely source of problems is the fact that the SATA connector is > actually spec'd for a really low number of cycles. I also had trouble on an Olimex card. I got error when the cable is not coming straight in the connector. Whe

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-14 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 12:45:56PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: I agree - probably not a disk error - though it never hurts to check one's drives every once in a while. I can think of a very long list of things that are good to do or can't hurt on a debian system. Enumerating them in response

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
Michael Stone wrote: On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:45:25AM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I am getting very frequent disk errors and I can't figure out which drive they are occurring on. I get two messages: [174384.704895] sata_sil :05:00.0: Event logged [IO_PA

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-14 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:45:25AM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I am getting very frequent disk errors and I can't figure out which drive they are occurring on. I get two messages: [174384.704895] sata_sil :05:00.0: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x000

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I am getting very frequent disk errors and I can't figure out which drive they are occurring on. I get two messages: [174384.704895] sata_sil :05:00.0: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x address=0xcf99c100 flags=0x] [174384.705153] AMD-

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-14 Thread Joe
On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:14:16 -0500 Michael Stone wrote: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 02:53:58PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > >I used to think "a cable is a cable, color does not matter", but I > >have experienced many storage hardware issues over the years that > >were caused by red SATA cable

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:55:37 -0800 David Christensen wrote: > Download the manufacturer diagnostic utility for whatever brand > disk(s) you own and run it. I prefer tools that run on bootable > media (e.g. USB flash drive); Windows may be required. The OP may also find package smartmontools and

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:14:16 -0500 Michael Stone wrote: > And I've had a heck of a lot of hard drives connected with red SATA > cables without issues, to the point that I'm more than confident to > not jump on SATA cable color as the answer to any question as well as > being reasonably confident

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-13 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-13 13:55, David Christensen wrote: Download the manufacturer diagnostic utility for whatever brand disk(s) you own and run it.  I prefer tools that run on bootable media (e.g. USB flash drive); Windows may be required.

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 13 January 2021 16:55:37 David Christensen wrote: > On 2021-01-13 11:07, Dennis Wicks wrote: > > Greetings; > > > > I am getting very frequent disk errors and I can't figure out which > > > > drive they are occurring on. I get two messages: > >> [174384.704895] sata_sil :05:00.0:

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-13 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 02:53:58PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: I used to think "a cable is a cable, color does not matter", but I have experienced many storage hardware issues over the years that were caused by red SATA cables. Other readers on this list have had similar experiences. The

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-13 Thread Michael Howard
On 13/01/2021 22:53, David Christensen wrote: On 2021-01-13 14:34, Michael Stone wrote: On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 01:55:37PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: If you have any red SATA cables, replace them with new black SATA 6 Make sure you wear a beaded neckless while doing that under a full m

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-13 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-13 14:34, Michael Stone wrote: On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 01:55:37PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: If you have any red SATA cables, replace them with new black SATA 6 Make sure you wear a beaded neckless while doing that under a full moon. I used to think "a cable is a cable, col

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-13 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 01:55:37PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: On 2021-01-13 11:07, Dennis Wicks wrote: I am getting very frequent disk errors and I can't figure out which drive they are occurring on. I get two messages: [174384.704895] sata_sil :05:00.0: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT d

Re: Disk errors ...

2021-01-13 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-13 11:07, Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; I am getting very frequent disk errors and I can't figure out which drive they are occurring on. I get two messages: [174384.704895] sata_sil :05:00.0: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x address=0xcf99c100 flags=0x]