Re: Hard Drive Problems
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:42:43 -0500, Brad Cramer wrote:
> I am running Sid with 2 matching 40gig drives. Everything has been running
> great until I get this message when going and apt-get upgrade:
> hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=97055,
> sector=96984
> hdc is primary master on ide2
> here is output of hdparm:
> /dev/hdc:
> multcount = 16 (on)
> IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
> unmaskirq = 1 (on)
> using_dma = 1 (on)
> keepsettings = 0 (off)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> readahead = 8 (on)
> geometry = 4865/255/63, sectors = 78165360, start = 0
> It is formatted with ReiserFS and the problem seems to be /dev/hdc1 it is
> trying to write to /etc which is hdc1 and this is mounted as /
> Could this be a drive going bad or can I fix this with with some software
> programs? If it is a drive going bad what would be the best and easiest way
> to clone the drive onto another drive it will probably be a bigger drive. I
> have used Norton Ghost 2003 with Windows before but does it work with Linux
> and ReiserFS?
> Thanks for any help/
> Brad
It's a drive going bad, I suspect. Use the drive as little as possible
and copy everything off it onto another drive or a backup medium *right
now*.. I suggest using "cp -ax' because some sectors may be unreadable,
which won't stop cp, but it will emit the names of files which it couldn't
copy, so you will then have a list of what needs restoring or fixing.
--
....................paul
Programming without a hex editor is like watchmaking without a hammer.
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