On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:44:11 +0000 (UTC), I wrote: > ... I often get bad downloads when I run apt-get upgrade. > ... > dd </var/cache/apt/archives/[package].deb >/dev/null > dd: reading `standard input': Input/output error
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:49:24 -0600, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> replied: > That isn't a good error message. I think your disk is failing. > Review your /var/log/syslog and look for error messages there. I > expect you will see other errors logged there. I was afraid of that. For what it's worth, there is nothing suspicious in syslog. Mostly it's just a list of all the e-mails sent and received. I do keep this machine very well backed up. > You didn't say what type of media you are using. Spinning disk? SSD? > Other? It's an old spinning disk (Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 6K040L0 40GB ATA/133 HDD). The date on it is 10/31/03. It's sufficient for this machine's purpose. > Is your disk S.M.A.R.T. capable? Install 'smartmontools'. Then run > selftests against the disk. SMART hasn't be a great predictor of > failure for me but it has been a good confirmation of it. > # smartctl -H /dev/sda SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED > # smartctl -a /dev/sda long output, including Warning: ATA error count 487 inconsistent with error log pointer 5 ATA Error Count: 487 (device log contains only the most recent five errors) Error 487 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 14910 hours (621 days + 6 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was in an unknown state. ... After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 01 af 49 c3 e2 Error: UNC 1 sectors at LBA = 0x02c349af = 46352815 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- c8 00 08 af 49 c3 e2 08 19d+15:22:35.264 READ DMA f8 00 00 00 00 00 e0 08 19d+15:22:35.248 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 0a 19d+15:22:35.248 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 41 00 00 00 a0 0a 19d+15:22:35.232 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] f8 00 00 00 00 00 e0 08 19d+15:22:35.232 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS > # smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed: read failure 60% 15032 46769249 I'm not sure how to interpret all of that output, but it looks bad. Thanks for your help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/loom.20111025t024120-...@post.gmane.org
