Alexander Dalloz wrote: <snip>
First I would check if it is just an error due to DMA activated. "hdparm -i /dev/hdX" where X is the drive a, b, c, d, ... You can switch DMA mode off and running that thing in PIO mode using "hdparm -d0 /dev/hdX". If after that the errors disappear you have luck. If not, I fear your drive is at end of lifetime.
I don't think you can turn off DMA on the fly anymore, only at boot time.
Look in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks , set USE_DMA=0
Cheers, Michael
