Hello, list, I think, this is generally hardware error, but looks like software problem too. At this point there is no dirty data in memory! Cheers, Janos [root@dy-xeon-1 /]# cmp -b /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 differ: byte 68881481729, line 308395510 is 301 M-A 74 < [root@dy-xeon-1 /]# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid5] [multipath] [faulty] md10 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0] 136729088 blocks [2/2] [UU] bitmap: 0/131 pages [0KB], 512KB chunk unused devices: <none> [root@dy-xeon-1 /]# mount 192.168.0.1://NFS/ROOT-BASE/ on / type nfs (rw,hard,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo= 5,retrans=0,actimeo=1) none on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /sys type sysfs (rw) /dev/ram0 on /mnt/fast type ext2 (rw) none on /dev/cpuset type cpuset (rw) /dev/md10 on /mnt/1 type xfs (ro) [root@dy-xeon-1 /]# cut from log: Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: scsi1 : ata_piix Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD2000JD-19H Rev: 08.0 Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD2000JD-19H Rev: 08.0 Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB) Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB) Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: SCSI device sdb: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB) Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: SCSI device sdb: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB) Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: sdb: sdb1 sdb2 Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 Mar 29 08:14:45 dy-xeon-1 kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 Smart logs: sda: SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 200 200 051 Pre-fail s - 0 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 130 124 021 Pre-fail s - 6025 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 040 Old_age ys - 97 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail s - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 200 200 051 Pre-fail s - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 089 089 000 Old_age ys - 8047 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 253 051 Pre-fail s - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 253 051 Pre-fail s - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age ys - 97 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 120 111 000 Old_age ys - 30 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age ys - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age ys - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age ys - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 253 000 Old_age ys - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0009 200 200 051 Pre-fail Offline - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged sdb: SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 200 200 051 Pre-fail s - 0 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 127 120 021 Pre-fail s - 6175 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 040 Old_age ys - 94 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail s - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 200 200 051 Pre-fail s - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 089 089 000 Old_age ys - 8065 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 253 051 Pre-fail s - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 253 051 Pre-fail s - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age ys - 94 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 117 109 000 Old_age ys - 33 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age ys - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age ys - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age ys - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 253 000 Old_age ys - 1 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0009 200 200 051 Pre-fail ine - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html