Error is in SCSI - the exact time I tried to use "make all" to unpack/compile a distribution. Output of /var/log/messages is: Nov 3 14:01:01 Hopey crond(pam_unix)[28609]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Nov 3 14:01:01 Hopey crond(pam_unix)[28609]: session closed for user root Nov 3 14:04:37 Hopey sshd(pam_unix)[28615]: session opened for user gvasudevan by (uid=0) Nov 3 14:09:10 Hopey kernel: 3w-9xxx: scsi0: ERROR: (0x03:0x0202): Data ECC error:port=3. Nov 3 14:09:10 Hopey kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: Write (10) 00 45 bd 7d 3c 00 00 08 00 Nov 3 14:09:10 Hopey kernel: Current sda: sense key Medium Error Nov 3 14:09:10 Hopey kernel: Additional sense: Unrecovered read error Nov 3 14:09:10 Hopey kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1170046268 Nov 3 14:09:12 Hopey kernel: 3w-9xxx: scsi0: ERROR: (0x03:0x0202): Data ECC error:port=3. Nov 3 14:09:12 Hopey kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: Write (10) 00 45 bd 7d 3d 00 00 07 00 Nov 3 14:09:12 Hopey kernel: Current sda: sense key Medium Error Nov 3 14:09:12 Hopey kernel: Additional sense: Unrecovered read error Nov 3 14:09:12 Hopey kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1170046269 Nov 3 14:09:13 Hopey kernel: 3w-9xxx: scsi0: ERROR: (0x03:0x0202): Data ECC error:port=3. Nov 3 14:09:13 Hopey kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: Write (10) 00 45 bd 7d 3e 00 00 06 00 Nov 3 14:09:13 Hopey kernel: Current sda: sense key Medium Error Nov 3 14:09:16 Hopey kernel: Additional sense: Unrecovered read error Nov 3 14:09:25 Hopey kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1170046270 Nov 3 14:09:25 Hopey kernel: 3w-9xxx: scsi0: ERROR: (0x03:0x0202): Data ECC error:port=3. Nov 3 14:09:26 Hopey kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: Write (10) 00 45 bd 7d 3f 00 00 05 00 Nov 3 14:09:26 Hopey kernel: Current sda: sense key Medium Error Nov 3 14:09:26 Hopey kernel: Additional sense: Unrecovered read error Nov 3 14:09:26 Hopey kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1170046271 Nov 3 14:09:26 Hopey kernel: 3w-9xxx: scsi0: ERROR: (0x03:0x0202): Data ECC error:port=3. Nov 3 14:09:26 Hopey kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: Write (10) 00 45 bd 7d 40 00 00 04 00 Nov 3 14:09:27 Hopey kernel: Current sda: sense key Medium Error Nov 3 14:09:27 Hopey kernel: Additional sense: Unrecovered read error Nov 3 14:09:27 Hopey kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1170046272 Nov 3 14:09:27 Hopey kernel: 3w-9xxx: scsi0: ERROR: (0x03:0x0202): Data ECC error:port=3. Nov 3 14:09:28 Hopey kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: Write (10) 00 45 bd 7d 41 00 00 03 00 Nov 3 14:09:28 Hopey kernel: Current sda: sense key Medium Error Nov 3 14:09:28 Hopey kernel: Additional sense: Unrecovered read error -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacques B. Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:17 PM To: For users of Fedora Subject: Re: Read-only file system On 11/28/06, Vasudevan, Geetha <gvasudevan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> dmesg |wc -l [shows 225 times the below line repeated] > EXT3-fs error (device sda3) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted > I take it you had a grep piped in there between dmesg and wc? Otherwise you're simply counting the lines in dmesg's output. And the drive you are having problems with is a SCSI drive, or USB/Firewire connected drive? If not then this error would not relate to that drive. As for the cause, nice to know that Linux will do that on a failing drive. Jacques B. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
