Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:22:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:22:25 -0400 Received: from tomts13.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.34]:33022 "EHLO tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:21:59 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hard disk problem: In-Reply-To: <3B61872C.6B1485B6@coppice.org> From: Bill Pringlemeir Date: 27 Jul 2001 15:18:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: Steve Underwood's message of "Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:22:20 +0800" Message-ID: Lines: 50 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.4 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 Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing >>>>> "Steve" == Steve Underwood writes: Steve> But he is right. Practically all the "Made in Hungary" ones Steve> develop bad sectors after a few months. The "Made in Steve> Phillipinnes" ones do not. Strangely, I am Hong Kong and Steve> almost all the GXP75s we got here were made in Hungary - go Steve> figure! They were so bad the dealers finally wouldn't stock Steve> them. If your experience has been different, think yourself Steve> lucky. I have an IBM drive made in Hungary. It get `fiery hot'! I kept moving it until I had it in a place with good thermal contact to the case. Then these drive errors went away. At first I had a Linux install on that drive. Later it crashed, I fixed it, deleted the OS on my HDA that I was no longer using and moved Linux there. Now I only keep MP3s, tmp, and swap (a 2nd one) on the IBM drive. Sometimes when I close the case, I still get errors. So it may be a case of overheating. You could try to change the position of the drive to see if it fixes things. Mine was made in Hungary. And in case (ha ha) I am talking crap, [bpringle@localhost bpringle]$ dmesg | grep ^hdd: hdd: IBM-DTTA-351010, ATA DISK drive hdd: 19807200 sectors (10141 MB) w/466KiB Cache, CHS=19650/16/63, UDMA(33) Model=IBM-DTTA-351010, FwRev=T56OA73A, SerialNo=WF0WFFD7387 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34 BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=466kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast) CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=19807200 WARNING 3293136 ORPHANED SECTORS :: KERNEL REPORTING ERROR tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: sword0 sword1 sword2 mword0 mword1 mword2 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4 UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2 Drive Supports : ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17 : ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 fwiw, Bill Pringlemeir. - 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/