Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: IDE DMA corruption: Blacklist all WD? | Date | Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:53:42 +0100 (BST) |
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> This exact same drive just died on me after three months of use under > Linux for no apparent reason whatsoever. Suddenly half the disk had CRC > errors, or sectors not found. No low-level, no nothing fix. DMA did work
Drives fail. We arent talking here about hardwarw failures like bits of the head falling off. Just specific slight corruption caused by timing problems.
Linux will not be able to fix drives that fall apart, nor is it likely to be able to predict them.
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