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SubjectRe: hda Kernel error!!!
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?

John.
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