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Re: Ummm...Losing disk space. HELP.



on Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 07:43:18PM -0600, Rob Rati (robhr@core.com) wrote:
> I installed Debian 2.2 on a Gateway PC (PII-233) with no prbolems, and
> it's been running fine.  However, it just recently ran out of disk space
> for some reason.  Uppon investigation, I found that the /var/log dir was
> HUGE, specifically the kern.log file.  I removed all the files and
> rebooted the machine.  The kern.log file is continually growing in
> size.  When i look at it, I see this over and over again:
> 
> Feb  7 20:22:54 Dale kernel: VFS: Disk change detected on device
> ide1(22,0)
> Feb  7 20:22:54 Dale kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Feb  7 20:22:54 Dale kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x50
> Feb  7 20:22:54 Dale kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
> Feb  7 20:22:54 Dale kernel:   Unknown Error Type: (reserved) -- (Sense
> key=0x0d)

This tends to indicate a hardware problem.  Is this a laptop or fixed
box?  hdc is frequently a CDROM, I'd check all cables, power leads,
etc., and see what's going on there.  Might also try posting error
messages to Google and seeing what turns up.

You should also look at your logrotate options.  You can change out
logs which are getting too big with this.


> Feb  7 20:22:54 Dale kernel:   (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x6a,
> ascq=0x58)
> Feb  7 20:22:54 Dale kernel:   The failed "Read Subchannel" packet
> command was:
> Feb  7 20:22:54 Dale kernel:   "42 02 40 01 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 "
> Feb  7 20:22:55 Dale kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Feb  7 20:22:55 Dale kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x50
> Feb  7 20:22:55 Dale kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
> Feb  7 20:22:55 Dale kernel:   Unknown Error Type: (reserved) -- (Sense
> key=0x0d)
> Feb  7 20:22:55 Dale kernel:   (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x6a,
> ascq=0x58)
> Feb  7 20:22:55 Dale kernel:   The failed "Read Subchannel" packet
> command was:
> Feb  7 20:22:55 Dale kernel:   "42 02 40 01 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 "
> Feb  7 20:22:55 Dale kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> 
> I've shut down syslog so I can run the machine, but what is causing
> these errors?  It just started out of the blue.  It's running kernel
> 2.2.16 (about to be upgraded to 2.4.1), but I'd like to know what is
> causing this.  Anyone know?  How do I fix it?  TIA.
> 
> Rob
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