> 1- you've got a dying or malfunctioning hard drive
> 2- a bad connection (cable ?) between the HD and your motherboard
>
> check n°2 first ...
>
> WRT reiserfs it has been many years I haven't seen bug reports, but you
> never know ...
>
> the dma stuff is lower level than the file system anyway
>
> > da: dma_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> > hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=9872047,
> > high=0, low=9 872047,
> > sector=9871997
> > end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 9871997
> > hda: dma_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> > hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=9872047,
> > high=0, low=9 872047,
> > sector=9872005
> > end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 9872005
> > hda: dma_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
in my experience, this is the sign of a dead/dying drive. get any important
data backed up using dd_rescue and dd_rescue_help.
I am afraid you must try a new hard drive for your file system explorations,
instead of an old old one.
Mitchell
> > hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=9872047,
> > high=0, low=9 872047,
> > sector=9872013
> > end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 9872013
> > hda: dma_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> > hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=9872047,
> > high=0, low=9 872047,
> > sector=9872021
> > end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 9872021
> > hda: dma_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> > hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=9872047,
> > high=0, low=9 872047,
> > sector=9872029
> > end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 9872029
> > hda: dma_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> > hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=9872047,
> > high=0, low=9 872047,
> > sector=9872037
> > end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 9872037
> > hda: dma_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> > hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=9872047,
> > high=0, low=9 872047,
> > sector=9872045
> > end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 9872045
>
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