Re: ata errors -> read-only root partition. Hardware issue?

[jerome lacoste <jerome.lacoste@gmail.com>]

On 1/11/06, Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca> wrote:
> jerome lacoste wrote:
> >
> > ata3: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > ata3: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }
> > ata3: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > ata3: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }
> > ata3: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > ata3: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }
> > SCSI error : <2 0 0 0> return code = 0x8000002
> > sda: Current: sense key: Medium Error
> >     Additional sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed
> > end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 67801511
>
> That sounds an awful lot like a failing hard drive.

Thanks Robert,

So what is the procedure in Linux to test for these problems?
I was thinking:
- scan for bad blocks
- maybe check the SMART results if they are available
- memory check: memtest86 & memtest86+ tests (just in case)

Anything I missed?

Does someone know a diagnostics utilities CD (a la Dell diagnostics)
that you can boot on your PC, let run for x hours and get feedback?

Cheers,

Jerome
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