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Re: hard drive error



I just want the errors reported.  This one may not serrious, but I've had
others -- ie, Linux can read/write to certain sectors -- on previous hard
drives.  I'd like to know about all errors before I lose the hard drive.

-Paul

On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Steve Gore wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 12, 1999 at 06:23:37PM -0400, Paul Miller wrote:
> > 
> > I want to be able to catch hard drive errors and email the administrator
> > about the errors.  Below is a sample message from the console:
> > 
> > hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
> > ide0: reset: success
> > 
> > Of course, all errors aren't reported the same; I want all information
> > concerning the hard drive devices and ide channels.
> > 
> > Can anyone help?
> > 
> ---end quoted text---
> 
> I don't really know what causes this error, but I receive it also.  The only
> cure I've found was to recompile the kernel with "Use DMA by default when
> available" /disabled/.
> 
> I've been told that this can be fixed with the hdparms package, but it's
> never worked correctly for me.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
> -- 
> 


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