On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 01:49:45PM +0100, Stephenson, Paul wrote: [ snip ]
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=722927, sector=2
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:02, sector 2
> EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
[ snip ]
These messages plus the noises you describe makes me think you have a
bad disk drive. You're probably not going to recover any data off it
... sorry :<
Fortunately IBM has an excellent RMA process. I'm a bit surprised
you're having problems with that drive as it's quite new (and very
reliable in my experience; I own one). Perhaps you got one that was
damaged in shipping or dropped by a "technician".
Good luck,
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