Yes going back to 2.6.17 does fix it. Also windows and various LiveCDs boot without problems. Here is the output smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda smartctl version 5.36 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 and 7200.7 Plus family Device Model: ST380013AS Serial Number: 5JVFSQQW Firmware Version: 8.05 User Capacity: 80,000,000,000 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 6 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2 Local Time is: Tue Dec 19 17:56:07 2006 PST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 430) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. No General Purpose Logging support. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 58) minutes. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 060 057 006 Pre-fail Always - 38101080 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 098 098 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 8 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 086 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 424904923 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 087 087 000 Old_age Always - 11741 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 311 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 060 072 000 Old_age Always - 60 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 060 057 000 Old_age Always - 38101080 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 202 TA_Increase_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11726 - # 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11702 - # 3 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11679 - # 4 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 11658 - # 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11655 - # 6 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11632 - # 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11608 - # 8 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11585 - # 9 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11562 - #10 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11538 - #11 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 11500 - #12 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11498 - #13 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11474 - #14 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11452 - #15 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11429 - #16 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11405 - #17 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11381 - #18 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11358 - #19 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 11338 - #20 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11334 - #21 Short offline Completed without error 00% 11311 - SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. Thanks, Kovid. On Tuesday 19 December 2006 16:44, you wrote: > Does goving back to 2.6.17 fix the problem? Also, please report the > result of 'smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sdX' where sdX is the problematic drive. -- _____________________________________ Kovid Goyal MC 452-48 California Institute of Technology 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125 home : +01 626 390 8699 office: +01 626 395 6595 (449 Lauritsen) email : kovid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx web : http://www.kovidgoyal.net _____________________________________ - To unsubscribe from this list: 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
