On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:32:06 +0200
Stefan Bethke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 03.06.03, um 07:57 Uhr (Europe/Berlin) schrieb Andreas
> Klemm:
>
> > ad2: UDMA ICRC error cmd=read fsbn 74689079 of 74689079-74689206
> > retrying
> > ad2: UDMA ICRC error cmd=read fsbn 74689079 of 74689079-74689206
> > retrying
> >
> > What exactly does an UDMA ICRC error mean ?
> > I think this is simply a read error.
> > AFAIK an IDE disk doesn't have spare sectors or am I wrong ?
> > How severe is this error ? What do you think ??
>
> IDE disks have (hidden) spare sectors, and will transparently remap
> sectors as long as they have spare ones left.
>
> If the drive reports errors ("hard error reading fsbn..."), then it
> likely has run out of spare sectors, and probably will die soon.
I have experienced the same problems with a VIA IDE controller using UDMA transfer
mode with two perfectly healthy hard drives. Now I use a motherboard with SiS chipset
and never had these problems again.
Regards,
Julian Stecklina
--
Reboot America.
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