Hi Ben, Here is the "context". Hope it is enough/correct!
>From /var/log/syslog.0 Oct 13 13:36:33 nias -- MARK -- Oct 13 13:47:40 nias kernel: hdc: timeout waiting ^I^I^Ifor dbdma command stop Oct 13 13:47:40 nias kernel: hdc: bad status at DMA end, dstat=8480 Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: 0x03 00 00 00 40 00 Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: Current sd0b:00: sns = 70 3 Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: ASC= 2 ASCQ= 0 Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x08 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 64 Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=0b:00, iso_blknum=16, block=16 Oct 13 13:48:36 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 13:48:36 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A ..... Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: bad status at DMA end, dstat=8400 Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Oct 13 20:27:08 nias kernel: ide0: reset: success Oct 13 20:27:08 nias kernel: blk: queue c02de6a8, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) Oct 13 20:27:21 nias kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Oct 13 20:27:21 nias kernel: Oct 13 20:28:16 nias kernel: hda: DMA disabled Oct 13 20:28:16 nias kernel: ide0: reset: success Oct 13 20:30:36 nias kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Oct 13 20:30:36 nias kernel: Oct 13 20:30:36 nias kernel: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE Oct 13 20:30:38 nias kernel: ide0: reset: success Oct 13 20:30:58 nias kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Oct 13 20:30:58 nias kernel: Oct 13 20:31:03 nias kernel: ide0: reset: success ( Here is where I run the Apple Hardware Tests in the CD ) And from var/log/kern.log Oct 12 21:25:53 nias kernel: hdc: timeout waiting ^I^I^Ifor dbdma command stop Oct 12 21:25:53 nias kernel: hdc: bad status at DMA end, dstat=8480 Oct 12 21:25:53 nias kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 0 Oct 12 21:25:53 nias kernel: hdc: timeout waiting ^I^I^Ifor dbdma command stop Oct 12 21:25:53 nias kernel: hdc: bad status at DMA end, dstat=8480 Oct 12 21:25:53 nias kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 0 ( Funny that the DVD errors also happened the day before :-? ) Oct 13 13:47:40 nias kernel: hdc: timeout waiting ^I^I^Ifor dbdma command stop Oct 13 13:47:40 nias kernel: hdc: bad status at DMA end, dstat=8480 Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: 0x03 00 00 00 40 00 Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: Current sd0b:00: sns = 70 3 Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: ASC= 2 ASCQ= 0 Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x08 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 64 Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=0b:00, iso_blknum=16, block=16 Oct 13 13:48:36 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 13:48:36 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 15:12:19 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 15:12:19 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 15:18:49 nias kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Oct 13 15:18:49 nias kernel: 0b:00: rw=0, want=34, limit=2 Oct 13 15:18:49 nias kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=0b:00, iso_blknum=16, block=16 Oct 13 15:21:25 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 15:21:25 nias kernel: ISOFS: changing to secondary root Oct 13 15:23:22 nias kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Oct 13 15:23:22 nias kernel: 0b:00: rw=0, want=34, limit=2 Oct 13 15:23:22 nias kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=0b:00, iso_blknum=16, block=16 Oct 13 15:23:24 nias kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Oct 13 15:23:24 nias kernel: 0b:00: rw=0, want=34, limit=2 Oct 13 15:23:24 nias kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=0b:00, iso_blknum=16, block=16 Oct 13 15:24:03 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 15:24:03 nias kernel: ISOFS: changing to secondary root Oct 13 15:34:06 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 15:34:06 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 15:35:06 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 15:35:06 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 15:43:15 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 15:43:15 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 15:48:10 nias kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. Oct 13 15:48:10 nias kernel: cdrom: open failed. Oct 13 15:48:29 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 15:48:29 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 15:55:37 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 15:55:37 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 16:05:21 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 16:05:21 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 16:09:39 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 16:09:39 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 16:14:54 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 16:14:54 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 16:20:47 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 16:20:47 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 16:25:49 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 16:25:49 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 16:31:06 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 16:31:06 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 16:36:30 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 16:36:30 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 16:41:41 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 16:41:41 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 16:46:58 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 16:46:58 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 16:50:22 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 16:50:22 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 16:54:12 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 16:54:12 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Oct 13 19:29:18 nias kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. Oct 13 19:29:18 nias kernel: cdrom: open failed. Oct 13 19:29:31 nias kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. Oct 13 19:29:31 nias kernel: cdrom: open failed. Oct 13 19:29:56 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Oct 13 19:29:56 nias kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A ..... Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: bad status at DMA end, dstat=8400 Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Oct 13 20:27:08 nias kernel: ide0: reset: success Oct 13 20:27:08 nias kernel: blk: queue c02de6a8, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) Oct 13 20:27:21 nias kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Oct 13 20:27:21 nias kernel: Oct 13 20:28:16 nias kernel: hda: DMA disabled Oct 13 20:28:16 nias kernel: ide0: reset: success Oct 13 20:30:36 nias kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Oct 13 20:30:36 nias kernel: Oct 13 20:30:36 nias kernel: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE Oct 13 20:30:38 nias kernel: ide0: reset: success Oct 13 20:30:58 nias kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Oct 13 20:30:58 nias kernel: Oct 13 20:31:03 nias kernel: ide0: reset: success ( And here is the same reboot point ) So basically, there are two things... stuff happening on HDC (the superdrive) at around 13:XX and stuff on HDA, my HDD, at around 20:XX. I am also sending the smartclt -a /dev/hda4 results, in case someone wiser than me knows how to read more stuff than I do in them! :) smartctl version 5.1-18 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: FUJITSU MHS2060AT Serial Number: NL24T3114CF3 Firmware Version: 8105 Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 6 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a Local Time is: Tue Oct 14 10:49:41 2003 EST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Off-line data collection status: (0x02) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Off-line Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete off-line data collection: ( 492) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Automatic timer ON/OFF support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. No General Purpose Logging support. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 83) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 046 Pre-fail Always - 191114 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 030 Pre-fail Offline - 292 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 100 100 025 Pre-fail Always - 25601 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 382 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 080 080 024 Pre-fail Always - 497 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 047 Pre-fail Always - 776 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 019 Pre-fail Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 068 068 000 Old_age Always - 17366468 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 020 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 251 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 28 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 049 049 000 Old_age Always - 189502 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 39 (Lifetime Min/Max 21/52) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 9645 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 080 080 000 Old_age Always - 480 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000f 084 071 060 Pre-fail Always - 2898836 203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3732310457836 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged Thanks in advance! -- J. Javier Maestro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://rigel.homelinux.com On Oct Mon 13 2003 20:28, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > > > as:~# grep -i error /var/log/syslog > > Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: > > 0x03 00 00 00 40 00 > > Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 64 > > Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady > > SeekComplete DataRequest } > > > > nias:~# grep -i error /var/log/kern.log > > Oct 12 21:25:53 nias kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 0 > > Oct 12 21:25:53 nias kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 0 > > Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: > > 0x03 00 00 00 40 00 > > Oct 13 13:47:41 nias kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 64 > > Oct 13 20:26:53 nias kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady > > SeekComplete DataRequest } > > can you give some context around the HD errors ? > > Ben.