On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Greg Watson <gwatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm having a problem on boot and at random times: > > > [ 36.231451] attempt to access beyond end of device > [ 36.231462] sda: rw=0, want=156424715, limit=125045424 > [ 36.231467] Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 156264064 > [ 36.231473] attempt to access beyond end of device > [ 36.231477] sda: rw=0, want=156424716, limit=125045424 > [ 36.231481] Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 156264065 > [ 36.231486] attempt to access beyond end of device > [ 36.231489] sda: rw=0, want=156424717, limit=125045424 > [ 36.231493] Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 156264066 > [ 36.231498] attempt to access beyond end of device > [ 36.231501] sda: rw=0, want=156424718, limit=125045424 > [ 36.231505] Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 156264067 > [ 36.231509] attempt to access beyond end of device > [ 36.231512] sda: rw=0, want=156424719, limit=125045424 > [ 36.231517] Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 156264068 > [ 36.231521] attempt to access beyond end of device > [ 36.231525] sda: rw=0, want=156424720, limit=125045424 > [ 36.231530] Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 156264069 > [ 36.231534] attempt to access beyond end of device > [ 36.231537] sda: rw=0, want=156424721, limit=125045424 > [ 36.231542] attempt to access beyond end of device > > < snip about 300 lines > > > [ 36.242813] sda: rw=0, want=156424907, limit=125045424 > [ 36.242820] attempt to access beyond end of device > [ 36.242823] sda: rw=0, want=156424907, limit=125045424 > > > This then repeats a few times during boot, and onces or twice while > system is running. The system becomes unresponsive when it happens. > Any ideas on how to fix this? The system has been running, for the > most part, without other issues for a while. I'd just like to get it > fixed if possible. > Thanks This is not a dmraid problem, it is a kernel problem with recognizing raid members. The kernel sees a partition table on device sda, but the partition table is for the raid0 and extends out to sdb. A fix for this went in for 2.6.28: "block: sanitize invalid partition table entries" [1]. -- Dan [1]: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=ac0d86f5809598ddcd6bfa0ea8245ccc910e9eac _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list