Re: BadCRC Drive Errors on Software RAID1
On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 05:55:55PM +0000, Andy wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I am running 2x Seagate 250GB SATA-II 7200.9 disks configured as linux
> software RAID-1.
>
> The following errors occasionally appear in /var/log/kern.log:
>
> kernel: ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/84 to SCSI
> SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00
> kernel: ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> kernel: ata1: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>
> I had assumed I have a bad disk, but the odd thing is when I connect
> either disk individually I can use DD to fill it with zeros to its
> capacity without any errors.
>
> Do you think I have a bad disk, or should I suspect a problem with my
> SATA controller or RAID-1 setup?
>
> Thanks, Andy
>
I am having the same problem and did a quick google search a couple of
weeks ago. The answer at the time was that it's a bad cable. I haven't
had a chance to check my cable yet, but it made me feel better about
losing any data.
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