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Re: harddisk corrupt?



On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 03:48:14PM +0200, stefan kersten wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i'm a bit concerned because of the dmesg output i'm getting lately
> when accessing certain files (see below). 

If it's related to the same files every time it's very likely to be
a harddisc/filesystem issue rather than kernel or anything else.

> this is on a tibook G4,
> debian/unstable 2.6.5 (built from stock kernel sources). any ideas
> what might go wrong? i'm still hoping it's not a hardware error ...

Looks like bad sectors to me. Which would mean that there are (small)
areas on the disk that can't store data reliable anymore, this is 
neither nice but nor is it uncommon for IDE-discs from what I've 
experienced. Go into single-user mode and let fsck run a check for 
bad blocks (be sure to read the manpage in order to avoid unnecessary 
data loss). Fsck should mark the bad sectors and the filesystem will 
then avoid this areas. If you're lucky that's it - if you're not you 
might get more and more bad sectors and have to replace the harddisk.
You do make backups of your important data on a regular basis, 
don't you?

> 
> thanks,
> <sk>
> 
> dmesg output:
> 
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=68132484, sector=68132480
> end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 68132480
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=68132484, sector=68132480
> end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 68132480
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=68133613, sector=68133608
> end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 68133608
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=68133613, sector=68133608
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=68133613, sector=68133608
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=68133613, sector=68133608
> end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 68133608
> 
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Johannes
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