Messages in this thread |  | | | From | "Anthony Barbachan" <> | | Subject | Re: IDE disk making audible clicking with kernels 2.0.31 - 2.0.34 | | Date | Tue, 7 Jul 1998 04:01:12 -0400 |
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Have you tried 2.0.30 lately? clicking virtually always means there is a physical defect currently present or about occur on the drive.
-----Original Message----- From: Iain McClatchie <iainmcc@ix.netcom.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> Date: Monday, July 06, 1998 3:01 AM Subject: IDE disk making audible clicking with kernels 2.0.31 - 2.0.34
>When I boot my machine with SMP kernels 2.0.31 through 2.0.34, >one of my two IDE disks makes a loud click about once a second. >The timing seems perfectly regular. System operation seems >unaffected -- I can boot up just fine, get into X, run compiles, >etc. I haven't tried running the system very long in this mode, >because the clicking frightens me. > >The clicking does not happen with SMP kernel 2.0.30. > >What can I check to determine the cause of the clicking? Has >anyone heard of this problem before? > >One potential clue: the CDROM appears to be detected twice by >the BIOS on startup. > >Thanks. > >-Iain McClatchie >iainmcc@ix.netcom.com > >Hardware: >Tyan S1668, rev 3 (440FX based) >2x150MHz PPro, stepping 2 >128MB memory >1 8MB Matrox Millenium >1 SMC Ether Power 100Mb ethernet card (Tulip based) >1 noname ISA 33.4kbaud modem >1 IDE 8x CDROM (/dev/hdd) >2 IDE disks: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM2110A, 2014MB w/76kB Cache, >LBA, CHS=1023/64/63, DMA >/dev/hda: > multcount = 0 (off) > I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit) > unmaskirq = 0 (off) > using_dma = 1 (on) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > nowerr = 0 (off) > readonly = 0 (off) > readahead = 8 (on) > geometry = 1023/64/63, sectors = 4124736, start = 0 > >/dev/hdc: Maxtor 85250D6, 5009MB w/256kB Cache, LBA, CHS= >10856/15/63, DMA > multcount = 0 (off) > I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit) > unmaskirq = 0 (off) > using_dma = 1 (on) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > nowerr = 0 (off) > readonly = 0 (off) > readahead = 8 (on) > geometry = 10856/15/63, sectors = 10259160, start = 0 > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu >
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