Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261794AbUKJAHg (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2004 19:07:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261796AbUKJAHg (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2004 19:07:36 -0500 Received: from chello062179026180.chello.pl ([62.179.26.180]:10972 "EHLO pioneer.space.nemesis.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261794AbUKJAHO (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2004 19:07:14 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:08:04 +0100 (CET) From: Tomasz Rola To: Alistair John Strachan cc: Alan Cox , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Kernel or failing harddisc? In-Reply-To: <200411091350.15626.alistair@devzero.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1737 Lines: 51 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > On Tuesday 09 Nov 2004 11:07, Alan Cox wrote: > [snip] > > > > It could be anything. An interrupt went walkies which could easily be > > the driver, thermals, cabling, phase of the moon, drive,... If those are > > the only logged lines then the drive hasn't reported any problems back. > > > > Failed maxtors normally make it very clear they died - both in smart > > data (usually) and by spewing drive level errors. > > > > Alan > > Thanks Alan, I'll look into it. Since I've not received any SMART warnings, > I'll just assume the drive is fine and it's something else. Maybe motherboard? I had once a chipset (an older one, via mvp3 I believe), that gave me strange errors until I disabled DMA with hdparm. Besides this, open your case and check cables. Who knows, maybe this will cure your system. bye T. - -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_rola@bigfoot.com ** -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBQZFb6xETUsyL9vbiEQIAXQCdH7Ka3RvrNtdhZzkygO2cAtCAr8AAni9j 8UV4fhpY7rOypeaHQ6G4/RIw =tYlO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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/