Re: ibook g4 hard drive failures
Hi,
On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 06:10:56PM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>
> > so far, it looked to me like a hardware issue, but i found this thread:
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/08/msg00182.html and i have this
> > line at boot time: 'hda: Enabling Ultra DMA 5' (shouldn't it be a 2?)
> >
> > so, hardware or software? is there anything i could try before sending it for
> > repair?
>
> No, Ultra 5 is what you should have on those recent machines/HD (for the
> disk that is).
>
> I'd say your disk is dying. Best thing at this point is to test MacOS X
> and check if a similar problem happens (though if it's a thermal
> problem, I would say OS X may have more aggressive thermal control, I'm
> not sure about the thermal control driver in linux for those newer
> laptops, though it shouldn't cause that for sure).
well, i don't have osx installed, but from the osx cd, 'disk utility',
when it can see the disk, either freezes while trying to probe it or
keeps crunching it for ages before eventually listing the partitions...
> Since nobody else is reporting that issue, I deduce that the problem is
> local to your machine.
thanks, that is what i wanted to hear :-)
9 months. it seems like lifetimes of hard disks are shrinking.
> You should get the disk replaced ...
fortunately the machine is still under warranty. actually, i already
sent it back, and they couldn't find anything (i wonder how much they
looked at). they also tried going with 'well, if you run linux, we can't
do anything for you...' but replying with something like 'wait, the osx
cd doesn't even see the disk anymore!' got them convinced :-)
cheers, piem
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