I have just started getting the following errors on my SuSE8.1 platform (AMD Duron with 3 HD's)
hda: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFS1275A, ATA DISK drive hdb: Maxtor 54610H6, ATA DISK drive hdc: Maxtor 54098U8, ATA DISK drive hdd: IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM 40X, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 blk: queue c039c904, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) hda: failed write cache flush, disabling ordered write support hda: 2496876 sectors (1278 MB) w/64KiB Cache, CHS=619/64/63, DMA blk: queue c039ca4c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) hdb: safely enabled flush hdb: 90045648 sectors (46103 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=5605/255/63, UDMA(100) blk: queue c039cc60, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) hdc: safely enabled flush hdc: 80041248 sectors (40981 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=79406/16/63, UDMA(66) ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide Partition check: hda: [EZD] [remap 0->1] [619/64/63] hda1 hdb:hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hda: DMA disabled blk: queue c039ca4c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) ide0: reset: success
Am I looking an an impending drive failure? Thanks in advance
On Wednesday 26 February 2003 13:59, Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:
I have just started getting the following errors on my SuSE8.1 platform (AMD Duron with 3 HD's)
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hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hda: DMA disabled blk: queue c039ca4c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) ide0: reset: success
Am I looking an an impending drive failure?
Thanks in advance
When I saw this kind of error it wasn't long before the drive went west. I came in one morning to find it making bizarre grinding noises and not talking to the rest of the machine at all. But many recommend swapping out the ide cable first to make sure it's not that that's going bad, certainly cheaper than swapping out the disk. Best Fergus -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: +44 161 834 7961 Fax: +44 161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 February 2003 10:37 am, Fergus Wilde wrote:
On Wednesday 26 February 2003 13:59, Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:
I have just started getting the following errors on my SuSE8.1 platform (AMD Duron with 3 HD's)
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hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hda: DMA disabled blk: queue c039ca4c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) ide0: reset: success
Am I looking an an impending drive failure?
Thanks in advance
When I saw this kind of error it wasn't long before the drive went west. I came in one morning to find it making bizarre grinding noises and not talking to the rest of the machine at all. But many recommend swapping out the ide cable first to make sure it's not that that's going bad, certainly cheaper than swapping out the disk.
If you have 3 hard drives, you should check the power supply. I recently had trouble with my system shortly after adding a third hard drive. I was getting massive corruption when copying between them. The problem turned out to be that my lowly Enemax 350W couldn't provide the power. I now have a 420W and everything's perfect. - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+XSAJ+FOexA3koIgRArFKAJ9fgjYX3tGcPrM3toPGXkN48WR6HgCdGUhR cJNrkYvMabDF6gLzJGuwvHk= =d7pj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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The problem turned out to be that my lowly Enemax 350W couldn't provide the power. I now have a 420W and everything's perfect.
yup, I had a similar problem w/ a no name 350W power supply ONE scsi 3 hd a cdrom ( scsi3 and an ide Yamaha burner) The thing corrupted or otherwise *confused* something at those times when a reboot, or complete shutdown was required. ( Did you all know that you actually CAN'T move a box that is still on, unless it's a laptop What it was unable to deal w/ , or so I was told , was my 20" Mitsubishi monitor!! So I got a bigger nastier power supply and have the same results. We can all take a huge bet on the FIRST place I'll look if I start having any remotely similar problems ?? <G> -- j afterthought: Dontcha worry none, chile, cause it aint gonna fix a ting.
The 03.02.26 at 08:59, Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:
Am I looking an an impending drive failure?
If your HD is smart capable, use it: it might answer your question. There is a simple utility in linux to check it, but, if in doubt, get the testing software from the HD manufacturer and use it. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The 03.02.26 at 08:59, Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:
Am I looking an an impending drive failure?
If your HD is smart capable, use it: it might answer your question. There is a simple utility in linux to check it, but, if in doubt, get the testing software from the HD manufacturer and use it.
And what would this simple utility in linux be called? -- SuSE Linux 7.3 (i386) 2.4.16-4GB Thu Feb 27 21:45:00 UTC 2003 9:45pm up 63 days, 6:08, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.13, 0.09
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 21:50:51 +0000
Terry Eck
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The 03.02.26 at 08:59, Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:
Am I looking an an impending drive failure?
If your HD is smart capable, use it: it might answer your question. There is a simple utility in linux to check it, but, if in doubt, get the testing software from the HD manufacturer and use it.
And what would this simple utility in linux be called?
hdparm -i /dev/hd? -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation
Terry Eck wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The 03.02.26 at 08:59, Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:
Am I looking an an impending drive failure?
If your HD is smart capable, use it: it might answer your question. There is a simple utility in linux to check it, but, if in doubt, get the testing software from the HD manufacturer and use it.
And what would this simple utility in linux be called?
I have missed some of this thread. However, HD tools that I know of are "fsck."your file system type and "hdparm". -- 73 de Donn Washburn __ " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB / / __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 307 Savoy St. / /__ / / / \/ / / /_/ / \ \/ / Sugar Land, TX 77478 /_____/ /_/ /_/\__/ /_____/ /_/\_\ LL# 1.281.242.3256 a MSDOS Virus "Free Zone" OS Email: n5xwb@hal-pc.org Info: http://www.knoppix.com
The 03.02.27 at 21:50, Terry Eck wrote:
And what would this simple utility in linux be called?
Sorry O:-) It's "ide-smart". You can find it with "apropos" if it is installed, or with pin if not. You might have to enable it on the bios - I'm not sure of that - and I don't remember if on the kernel as well, but I think not. This a run of it: nimrodel:~ # ide-smart -d /dev/hda Id= 1, Status=15 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value= 62, Threshold= 25, Passed Id= 3, Status= 3 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value= 98, Threshold= 0, Passed Id= 4, Status=50 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value= 99, Threshold= 20, Passed Id= 5, Status=51 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 36, Passed Id= 7, Status=15 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value= 78, Threshold= 30, Passed Id= 9, Status=50 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value= 97, Threshold= 0, Passed Id= 10, Status=19 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 97, Passed Id= 12, Status=50 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 20, Passed Id=194, Status=34 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value= 33, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=195, Status=26 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=197, Status=18 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=198, Status=16 {Advisory , OffLine}, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=199, Status=62 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=200, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=200, Status= 0 {Advisory , OffLine}, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=202, Status=50 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed OffLineStatus=2 {Completed}, AutoOffLine=No, OffLineTimeout=7 minutes OffLineCapability=29 {Immediate AbortOnCmd} SmartRevision=16, CheckSum=153, SmartCapability=3 {SaveOnStandBy AutoSave} But, if you detect a problem you'd better use the HD maker utility; this is usually a boot floppy which can be downloaded, and runs test specially designed for your drive. Some, like Seagate's also run generic tests. In any case the test result are far less cryptic that the above printout, which is a very quick test. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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