On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:42:43 -0500, Brad Cramer wrote: > I am running Sid with 2 matching 40gig drives. Everything has been running > great until I get this message when going and apt-get upgrade: > hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=97055, > sector=96984 > hdc is primary master on ide2 > here is output of hdparm: > /dev/hdc: > multcount = 16 (on) > IO_support = 1 (32-bit) > unmaskirq = 1 (on) > using_dma = 1 (on) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > readonly = 0 (off) > readahead = 8 (on) > geometry = 4865/255/63, sectors = 78165360, start = 0 > It is formatted with ReiserFS and the problem seems to be /dev/hdc1 it is > trying to write to /etc which is hdc1 and this is mounted as / > Could this be a drive going bad or can I fix this with with some software > programs? If it is a drive going bad what would be the best and easiest way > to clone the drive onto another drive it will probably be a bigger drive. I > have used Norton Ghost 2003 with Windows before but does it work with Linux > and ReiserFS? > Thanks for any help/ > Brad
It's a drive going bad, I suspect. Use the drive as little as possible and copy everything off it onto another drive or a backup medium *right now*.. I suggest using "cp -ax' because some sectors may be unreadable, which won't stop cp, but it will emit the names of files which it couldn't copy, so you will then have a list of what needs restoring or fixing. -- ....................paul Programming without a hex editor is like watchmaking without a hammer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]