Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 00:02:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: DevilKin <devilkin-lkml@blindguardian.org>
cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ide drive dying?
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First BACK up what is left.

Next dig out smartsuite from http://www.linux-ide.org/smart.html

Run it in full capture mode, please use another disk to run root, or the
system will tank.

Read and save smart logs.

cat /dev/zero > /dev/hd{IBM-DTLA-307060}x

Rerun Smart in full capture mode.

Reread smart logs and compare.

cat /dev/urandom > /dev/hd{IBM-DTLA-307060}x

If you get no errors you can reuse the drive, for how long? Maybe 6 months
to a year.

Now, I can not tell you what, why, how things are going on.
Sheesh, I expect to be in a deep six for this series of events already.

Sorry, I can not say anymore.

If you do not like the above, you need to run out and buy another drive
fast.

Cheers,

On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, DevilKin wrote:

> Hello kernel people,
> 
> Kernel running: 2.4.20-pre1ac3 or -pre5ac2 (same under both)
> 
> Today I discovered a stale copy of qt-3.0.3 lying about on my disk. When I 
> tried to delete it, this started showing up in my log files:
> 
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=7072862, 
> sector=1803472
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:06 (hda), sector 1803472
> vs-13070: reiserfs_read_inode2: i/o failure occurred trying to find stat data 
> of [612671 612672 0x0 SD]
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=7072862, 
> sector=1803472
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:06 (hda), sector 1803472
> vs-13070: reiserfs_read_inode2: i/o failure occurred trying to find stat data 
> of [612671 612677 0x0 SD]
> 
> and rm just reported me 'Permission denied'.
> 
> I've looked up these errors on the net, and as far as i can tell it means that 
> the drive has some bad sectors at the given addresses and that it will 
> probably die on me sooner or later.
> 
> Can someone either confirm this to me or tell me what to do to fix it?
> 
> The drive involved is an IBM-DTLA-307060, which has served me without problems 
> now for about 2 years.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> DK
> -- 
> If all the Chinese simultaneously jumped into the Pacific off a 10 foot
> platform erected 10 feet off their coast, it would cause a tidal wave
> that would destroy everything in this country west of Nebraska.
> 
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Andre Hedrick
LAD Storage Consulting Group

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