On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Alan Cox wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:09:56 +0530
>> Jaswinder Singh Rajput
>> <jaswinderlinux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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:
>>>
>>> hdb: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
>>> Error }
>>> hdb: status error: error=0x40 <3>{ UncorrectableError },
>>> LBAsect=208845, sector=0
>>
>> Uncorrectable Error is an error from the drive, not the kernel. Looks
>> like you have bad sectors on that drive.
>>
> He noted that he tried another drive, so unless he has a pile of bad drives
> it's probably something else. Being "hdb" may indicate that it's connected
> to the same controller as "hda" and might not be jumpered for slave. Or it
> might be a bad cable, a controller which doesn't like two drives, a dubious
> power connector, etc. Or if he doesn't have an hda, perhaps the kernel
> doesn't like a secondary drive without a primary.
>
> Being hdb instead of sdb with a new kernel indicates he is using a config
> which may get a lot less testing these days, perhaps?
>
> In any case, I doubt he had two bad drives, so something else is more
> likely.
>
But earlier both was working fine on some another machines.
--
JSR
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