Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ata errors -> read-only root partition. Hardware issue? | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:44:02 -0500 |
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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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