Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 8 Jul 1997 19:37:14 -0400 (EDT) | | From | Ion Badulescu <> | | Subject | Re: ext2 errors |
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On 8 Jul 1997, Frohwalt Egerer wrote:
> tytso@MIT.EDU (Theodore Y. Ts'o) writes: > > > If the errors show up randomly, it could be an issue with the interface; > > if they're consistant, the drive is toast. > > Not always. I have seen an unterminated SCSI bus to produce consistent errors > on the same block number. Seemingly the block contained some quite 'reflection > inducing' bit pattern. Morale: Always double check on another computer, before > you scrap a 'defect' drive.
[that was my quote, by the way, not Ted's :-)]
SCSI is a totally different thing, but we're talking about IDE here. With IDE consistant errors on certain blocks are almost guaranteed to be physical disk errors - I have yet to see a counter-example.
Of course, nobody says you should scrap the drive just because the linux kernel happens to spit out some IDE errors. :-) It is however a pretty good sign that something is wrong; as Ted said, it is almost always the first sign that the drive is aproaching its life-end. Replacing it is the sensible thing to do if you value your data on it.
Ionut
-- It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.
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