My 2c, I've seen this about 5 times since I started doing Linux about 8 years ago. Every time it was just before the HDD was unusable, and one of the drives was brand new.
-- Arthur H. Johnson II, [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: bytor4232 YIM: arthurjohnson IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Alex Malinovich wrote: > --=-o0WDZ3r/09wVmFj/W1Pw > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I just recently added a new hard drive to my firewall machine and I'm > seeing the following errors: > > Jun 17 06:05:59 Bigbrother kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=3D0x51 { > DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > Jun 17 06:05:59 Bigbrother kernel: hdc: dma_intr: error=3D0x40 { > UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=3D10914399, sector=3D10914224 > Jun 17 06:05:59 Bigbrother kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 > (hdc), sector 10914224 > > Looking through the kernel documentation, I see mention of a similar > error: > > hda: set_multmode: status=3D0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hda: set_multmode: error=3D0x04 { DriveStatusError } > > These seem similar enough, except for the "dma_intr" vs "set_multmode" > parts differing. And something tells me that those differences might, in > fact, be rather substantial. > > Is anyone familiar with this error? Is it anything to be concerned > about? Is there any way to fix it? I've heard that getting a "DriveReady > SeekComplete" error could be a sign of imminent drive failure, but this > drive is almost brand new. I've never had any problems with it before. > And, as far as I've been able to tell, it isn't losing any data or > behaving in any other strange way. Any suggestions? > > --=20 > Alex Malinovich > Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! > Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the > pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 > > --=-o0WDZ3r/09wVmFj/W1Pw > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc > Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQA+9sd/BPYwh6bSSDcRAvnGAJ0RHPgFtMXNe4FLUFWwGO3kIAqnogCfYqo1 > FgDdIr9nU1pE1edwB+Yxqwk= > =ZUAT > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --=-o0WDZ3r/09wVmFj/W1Pw-- > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]