Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:26:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:26:03 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust128.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.128]:8950 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:26:02 -0400 Subject: Re: ide drive dying? From: Alan Cox To: mbs Cc: DevilKin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200209061742.NAA20207@mc.com> References: <200209061713.51387.devilkin-lkml@blindguardian.org> <200209061742.NAA20207@mc.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-6) Date: 06 Sep 2002 21:32:08 +0100 Message-Id: <1031344328.10612.83.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 578 Lines: 14 On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 18:46, mbs wrote: > fdisk/format and reinstall but stick with a 2.4.19 or 2.4.19-ac kernel. > > I would bet money that the problem is purely a .20-preX-acX thing. Its a status entry direct from the drive. The drive says "uncorrectable error" which means there is a media problem. Its nothing to do with Linux - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/