Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Problem: IDE data corruption with VIA chipsets on2.4.20-19.8+others | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:43:33 +0100 |
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On Iau, 2003-09-11 at 19:20, Eric Bickle wrote: > > > kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > > > kernel: hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, > LBAsect=150637065, > > > sector=150636992 > > > > This is a physical failure from the hard disk *NOT* a Linux problem > > That's exactially what I thought when I first saw the problem as well. > > However, we had about 16-20 different drives show up with the problem, about > 3 different brands too. I did some low-level tests on the drives that linux > had an error on and none of my diagnostic tools could find any problems. > > Any ideas?
Other than to tell you Linux is simply reporting back what the drive itself reported - which is a physical failure to recover a sector of data no.
A test that rewrites such a sector will generally clear the error, its one of the problems of some diagnostic tools. A pure read test should fine the error again unless its something like overheat causing the problem. SMART data will tell you drive temperatures
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