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SubjectRe: ata errors -> read-only root partition. Hardware issue?
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On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 16:26 +0100, jerome lacoste wrote:
> Could something else (bad cable or disk controller ) trigger these
> issues?
>
> It would be great if we users had a quick way to decipher these
> messages.
>
> E.g.
>
> "Buffer I/O error on device xxxx, logical block yyyyyyy"
>
> Usualy a disk failure, may also be caused by....

This is not a bad idea, "status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }"
in my experience always indicates a failing hard drive. Maybe a
"Possible drive or media failure" could be added?

Lee

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