On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 05:10, Heiko Schnapp wrote:
> the harddisk makes some strange noise
Never a good sign.
> Jan 6 05:48:34 localhost kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Jan 6 05:48:34 localhost kernel: hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 {
> UncorrectableError }, CHS=21281/0/57, sector=5242928
> Jan 6 05:48:34 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:02
> (hdc), sector 5242928
IDE failures.
Looks like your disk is dying.
If it supports SMART you could smartctl -t long /dev/hdc
wait until it finishes and then smartctl -a which should tell you
for sure whether its dying.
I've had one hard disk suffer premature death and make funny noises,
and then be 'cured' by a smartctl run. I still decided to RMA it though.
You mentioned your disk is old, so it's probably outside its RMA time?
Dave
