On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:17:58 -0500 Robert L Cochran <cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm getting these messages with reference to drive hda: > > hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0 > > hda is this device: > > Jan 4 10:52:51 dk kernel: hda: WDC WD2500JB-00REA0, ATA DISK drive > Jan 4 10:52:51 dk kernel: hda: max request size: 512KiB > Jan 4 10:52:51 dk kernel: hda: 488397168 sectors (250059 MB) w/8192KiB > Cache, CHS=30401/255/63, UDMA(100) > Jan 4 10:52:51 dk kernel: hda: cache flushes supported > Jan 4 10:52:51 dk kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 > Jan 4 10:52:52 dk kernel: EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal > Jan 4 10:53:00 dk kernel: hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady > SeekComplete Error } > Jan 4 10:53:00 dk kernel: hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > Jan 4 10:53:00 dk smartd[3011]: Device: /dev/hda, opened > Jan 4 10:53:00 dk smartd[3011]: Device: /dev/hda, found in smartd > database. > Jan 4 10:53:01 dk smartd[3011]: Device: /dev/hda, is SMART capable. > Adding to "monitor" list. > > My question is, should I replace hda? Are the drive_cmd messages a sign > it is going dead? 0x51/0x04 (Drive Status Error) is 'unknown command'. Something is feeding invalid requests to the drive - possibly the smart tools. From the dump this looks like an ancient Fedora as Fedora uses libata and has done for several releases now. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines