>>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } >>hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11242764, >>high=0, low=11242764, sector=11242760 > > > I have seen several causes for this; three of the most common are: > 1.) A failing disk; run 'smartctl -a' and see what SMART tells you about the > disk's health; SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED But the report does contain records of errors, eg.: Error 5 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 18734 hours (780 days + 14 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 03 0d 13 ac e0 Error: UNC 3 sectors at LBA = 0x00ac130d = 11277069 > 3.) A corrupted filesystem that has linkages outside the drive's boundaries; > if the drive tries to seek past the end of the disk you get this. The LBA > numbers you have would seem to rule this out, but you didn't say how big the > disk was. It's a 36G disk. > In short, an UncorrectableError is exactly what it says it is; it couldn't > read a sector it tried to read. Thanks. I'll probably replace the disk. Br, Morten