Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 May 2004 17:22:56 +0100 | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: hda Kernel error!!! |
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Quote from Jan Meizner <jm@pa103.nowa-wies.sdi.tpnet.pl>: > > > On Sat, 22 May 2004, system wrote: > > > Hello All, > > In that I found warning about kernel error!! > > > > WARNING: Kernel Errors Present > > hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStat...: 1Time(s) > > hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }...: 1Time(s) > > > > What is this error? > > Dose this indicate error on hda? > > Should I replace hda?OR it's different from all these? > > Please help thank you... > > Mayby I'm not kernel expert yet, but IMVHO it looks like hardware (hard > drive) problem.
It means the disk received a command it didn't support. It's easy to trigger by disabling S.M.A.R.T. and then requesting S.M.A.R.T. data, for example.
> You could do some tests on this drive using programs like badblocks or > similar. I have problem like that and in this case it was hardware > problem (drive had guarantee, and manufactor replaced it, so it had to be broken). > So AFAIK this type of error indicates serious problem with hardware, > unfortunately.
It does not necessarily indicate a serious problem. Are you sure your error messages were exactly the same?
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