Ralph Katz: > > Lenny install on newly acquired used Dell hangs and throws errors to > syslog. Do I have two bad disks or a more serious hardware problem? Another option: it might be a kernel problem. I don't remember the specifics anymore, but on one of my systems I had similar errors. After replacing the disk and still getting these errors, I found hints that the kernel might be at fault. I then installed a newer kernel from backports.org and the problems went away. > May 24 21:54:14 spike kernel: [ 5065.393331] Clocksource tsc unstable > (delta = 4686898152 ns) This line is irrelevant for the hard disk problem. > /var/log/syslog:Jun 2 08:52:40 spike smartd[2346]: Device: /dev/hda, > SMART Prefailure Attribute: 7 Seek_Error_Rate changed from 100 to 198 > /var/log/syslog.1:Jun 1 08:13:56 spike kernel: [ 936.000023] hda: > dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 > /var/log/syslog.1:Jun 1 08:28:44 spike smartd[2357]: Device: /dev/hda, > SMART Usage Attribute: 196 Reallocated_Event_Count changed from 196 to 195 That's a real hard disk error, but unless it happens regularly, you don't need to worry. These happen sometimes and the disk is usually able to handle it. > Meanwhile, SMART self-tests short and long passed. No errors were > reported by smartctl -a /dev/hda. Well, at least the reallocation events should have been counted. It doesn't hurt to post smartctl's output. J. -- In an ideal world I would cure poverty and go to the gym at least three days a week. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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