On 8/5/05, Marc Picornell <marc.picornell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It look like an hard drive issue not an LVM problem. > > Look at your DMA setting. > > Marc Picornell de Louvigny > > > On 8/5/05, Peter Kjellstr?m <cap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > You probably have a bad disk under there (hda). Copy data of it as fast as > > you can, maybe you'll get some of it before it bites the dust completely. > > Of course if you have backups, just sit back and feel good ;-) > > > > The thing that speaks most clearly for a hard error on disk level is: > > hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=43072608, > sector=43072608 > > > > good luck, > > Peter > > > > On Friday 05 August 2005 16.54, James B. Byrne wrote: > > > I was creating some directories (mkdir xxxx) while cd'ed to a mounted > > > LV. The first couple of directories were created but subsequent > > > attempts give the following error: > > > > > > #mkdir: cannot create directory `xxxxx': Input/output error > > > > > > The contents of /var/log/messages shows this: > > > > > > Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { > > > DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > > > Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { > > > UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=43072608, sector=43072608 > > > Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown > > > Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hda, > > > sector 43072608 > > > Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-4): > > > read_block_bitmap: Cannot read block bitmap - block_group = 68, > > > block_bitmap = 2228224 > > > Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: Aborting journal on device dm-4. > > > Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: ext3_abort called. > > > Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-4): > > > ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal > > > Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only > > > Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-4) in > > > ext3_reserve_inode_write: Journal has aborted > > > Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-4) in > > > start_transaction: Journal has aborted > > > Aug 5 10:48:57 inet05 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-4) in > > > ext3_mkdir: Journal has aborted > > > > > > What is going on? How do I fix it? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Jim What is the file system? I think that Knoppix Live CD has a File-system repair option. You can try that. -- "No-one dies a virgin. Life screws everyone."