Re: harddisc errors

[Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <kamaraju@bluebottle.com>]

Joris Huizer wrote:

> I'm worried about these lines:
> 
> hdb: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete DataRequest }
> ide: failed opcode was: 0xef
> hdb: drive not ready for command
> hdb: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete DataRequest }
> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> hdb: drive not ready for command
> hdb: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x58 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete DataRequest }
> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> hdb: CHECK for good STATUS
> 

This is no good. My guess is that you have a dying hard drive. Make backups
and purchase a new hard drive.

There are tools like that can check the consistency of hard drive
(smartctl), badblocks checking programs (badblocks), performance analyzers
(hdparm) that might help you out. But first, make backups.

raju

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