SPKills wrote:
Hi,I just (re)installed debian etch on my machine, at the first reboot i got some errors on my harddisk and i don't really know what it's about... But i'm pretty sure it's good at all and i probably have to worry about... I tried to do a fschk -c /dev/hda1 but i got a warning message telling me that my disk is mounted and it's pretty bad to use it on a mounted disk so i aborted.
If hda1 does not contain your "/" partition, then unmount it before running fsck.
I'm pretty new with those things and really need help. Here is a part of 'dmesg' command :debian:~# dmesg hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } ide: failed opcode was: unknown
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hdb: DMA disabled ide0: reset: success
I used to get these messages several months back. I suspected they might relate to a failing drive and took a backup of my most critical data. However after several changes, including upgrading the kernel, fiddling with the power connectors and the ide cables of the hard-disk, these errors just stopped occuring.
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 34030959 Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 4253862 lost page write due to I/O error on hda1
This error appears to be more serious than the earlier ones though. The only time I see this type of error is when there *is* an actual problem with the hardware. I would recommend a backup as soon as you can manage.
-- Raj Kiran Grandhi