"Michael D. Setzer II" <mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> > This message shows up in terminal windows from time to time. >> > Any ideals on what is doing it and how to correct it. >> > >> > WARNING: Your hard drive is failing >> > Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 1 Offline uncorrectable sectors >> > >> > WARNING: Your hard drive is failing >> > Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 2 Offline uncorrectable sectors >> > >> > smartctl shows the disk is fine in both short and long test on disk >> > and partitions. At one time the machine was reporting all kinds of >> > soft errors with smartctl, and I replaced the disk with this new >> > one, and it continued to get the soft errors. Then installed a pci >> > sata controller instead of the on-board controller, and errors >> > stopped? So, I assumed the issue was with the onboard controller, >> > and not the disk, since it was brand new, and had put the old disk >> > in another machine, and it also has no issues. But the above error >> > messages come up, and I would like to correct it, but don't know >> > what comand or program could resolve it. Do you see messages about sector errors in /var/log/messages? This looks like an intermittent failure which is getting worse over time. First thing I would do is replacing the SATA cable and switch the disk over to a different power connector. If that doesn't help and if you can be reasonably sure that the disk is ok, you're looking at needing another mainboard. -- Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
