Roger wrote:
> Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: ata1: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }
> Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code =
> 0x8000002
> Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: sda: Current: sense key: Medium Error
> Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: Additional sense: Unrecovered read
> error - auto reallocate failed
> Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: Info fld=0x713315d
> Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda,
> sector 118698333
> Aug 6 16:59:16 asterix kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-0):
> ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=14811137,
> block=14811138
Roger,
The last time I had these messages it was for a drive that surely failed
quite rapidly....how old is your hard disk.
You might want to consider replacing it.
HTH
Thierry
The hard drive is a brand new Maxtor 80G infact the machine runs with two 80G hard drives. Someonehad suggested upgrading the Kernel, of which i did on Saturday but then Exim got installed accidentally
and was fighting for resources with Qmail, which i find odd because the machine is supposed to bigger
in capacity with 1G memory and a 64 bit processor.
I will continue monitoring it on a daily basis but i am considering changing the hard drive because what
happens is that the machine can go on for 7 days without a problem, then the hard drive just starts to die
an it dies rapidly infact it locks, i.e as in you can still read what is on it, but since it is a mail server, it rejects
all the mail.
Regards
Roger
