On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:16 AM, strawks <strawks@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I added extra IDE drive I get similar messages like below so I replace >> it another drive but I am still getting similar error messages on >> 2.6.29-rc2-tip: > > Does it work with other kernels? > Earlier it was working, I was trying to install another OS, during format it fails. >> hdb: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest > Error } >> hdb: status error: error=0x40 <3>{ UncorrectableError }, >> LBAsect=208845, sector=0 >> ide: failed opcode was: unknown >> end_request: I/O error, dev hdb, sector 0 >> Buffer I/O error on device hdb, logical block 0 >> hdb: drive not ready for command > [...] >> How can I fix these error. > > What is the output of : > > smartctl -A -l error /dev/hdb > [root@jaswinder jsr]# /usr/sbin/smartctl -A -l error /dev/hdb smartctl version 5.38 [i386-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device) A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options. [root@jaswinder jsr]# -- JSR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html