david walcroft wrote:
Is this error saying the disks are dying.
Feb 24 16:03:50 reddwarf kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Feb 24 16:03:50 reddwarf kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
Feb 24 16:14:50 reddwarf kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Feb 24 16:14:50 reddwarf kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
I thought so about a drive on my machine when I began getting a lot of those messages after running RH9 for about a year with no errors of that sort noted. The machine began freezing (hanging) randomely as well.
After trying a different drive with no problems, and reconnecting the one with the problems and they continued I then did a full reformat with the destructinve bad block check (using knoppix) and had no problems found.
This had me puzzled because the drive was still giving problems on that board and would not install FC1 at all, yet knoppix was not able to find any problems when using/formatting it. As a last resort I upgradedd the mobo bios and the problems are gone.
What really still has me scratching my head in puzzlement is why the drive ran for over a year with no problems, then it began giving those errors. AND, the only thing I did to fix it was upgrade the bios.
I don't know about yours, but it may be simple. It would not hurt to do extensive testing with read/write for analysis of the situation. Try to find out what conditions trigger this.
