IDE hard disk problem...
Hello everyone. I've been getting the following error message (repeatedly,
but with different sectors):
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=2620329, sector=2620256
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 2620256
This has been accompanied by occasional system freezes. My web search came
up with some messages from people advising that this indicates a hard disk
failure, and that the solution is to replace it. However, I also recently
switched from kernel 2.4.19 to 2.4.20, and haven't yet gotten around to
going back to see if the same problem happens with my old kernel.
The computer is a thinkpad x21 (or x20?). I can't think of what other
information would be helpful. I've turned of my swap in the hope that that
would stabilize the system a bit (using the theory that an IDE error on
page fault must be worse than on simple file system access). I'm also in
the process of backing up the whole drive (rather than just home and etc),
just to be on the safe side.
Any suggestions, advice or wisdom?
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David Roundy
http://www.abridgegame.org
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