Re: harddisc errors

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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Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/
http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/


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