(cc linux-ide) On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:17:00 -0400 "Miles Lane" <miles.lane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [ 6288.201390] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 > [ 6288.201428] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK > driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK > [ 6288.201435] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor] > [ 6288.201445] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): > [ 6288.201449] 72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 > [ 6288.201471] 00 94 45 27 > [ 6288.201480] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - > auto reallocate failed > [ 6288.201489] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 9717031 > [ 6288.201497] Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 1214621 > [ 6288.203810] ata1: EH complete > [ 6288.203921] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 390721968 512-byte hardware sectors (200050 MB) > [ 6288.203973] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off > [ 6288.203979] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > [ 6288.205413] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: > enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA > [ 6288.275427] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 390721968 512-byte hardware sectors (200050 MB) > [ 6288.283499] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off > [ 6288.283511] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > [ 6288.300123] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: > enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA > [ 6293.184073] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 > [ 6293.184084] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x65 > [ 6293.184093] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:27:45:94/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 > dma 4096 in Well that's what it's alleging, but of course the kernel could be tricking you. Fire up 2.6.25 and give the disk a thrashing, maybe? -- 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