Hi all... I'm getting again my friendly DRDY errors, this time on the new disk I got to replace the old one (that fortunately was still under warranty...). This is a brand new disk, it came perfectly packaged... Now it is not a Seagate, but a WD: === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: WDC WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 Serial Number: WD-WCARW2347788 Firmware Version: 12.01B02 User Capacity: 320,072,933,376 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Fri May 9 00:33:06 2008 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled I managed to find a reliable way to reproduce the errors. Copying about 7Gb of data from the SATA to a SCSI disk gave me 3 errors: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen ata3.00: cmd c8/00:00:b7:e9:0f/00:00:00:00:00/e2 tag 0 dma 131072 in res 40/00:00:09:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata3.00: status: { DRDY } ata3: soft resetting link ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 ata3: EH complete sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB) sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA I got the SMART status (smartctl -a /dev/sdd > s?) before and after the errors, and it shows no problem: werewolf:~# diff -u s1 s2 --- s1 2008-05-09 00:33:06.000000000 +0200 +++ s2 2008-05-09 00:36:02.000000000 +0200 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated -Local Time is: Fri May 9 00:33:06 2008 CEST +Local Time is: Fri May 9 00:36:01 2008 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled @@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 78 - 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 207 159 021 Pre-fail Always - 2633 - 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 183 + 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 218 159 021 Pre-fail Always - 2091 + 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 184 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000e 200 200 051 Old_age Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 787 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0012 100 100 051 Old_age Always - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0012 100 100 051 Old_age Always - 0 - 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 183 -192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 172 -193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 193 + 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 184 +192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 173 +193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 194 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 102 098 000 Old_age Always - 45 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 36 werewolf:~# diff -u s2 s3 --- s2 2008-05-09 00:36:02.000000000 +0200 +++ s3 2008-05-09 00:37:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated -Local Time is: Fri May 9 00:36:01 2008 CEST +Local Time is: Fri May 9 00:37:42 2008 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled @@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 78 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 218 159 021 Pre-fail Always - 2091 - 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 184 + 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 185 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000e 200 200 051 Old_age Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 787 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0012 100 100 051 Old_age Always - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0012 100 100 051 Old_age Always - 0 - 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 184 -192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 173 -193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 194 + 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 185 +192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 174 +193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 195 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 102 098 000 Old_age Always - 45 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 36 werewolf:~# diff -u s3 s4 --- s3 2008-05-09 00:37:42.000000000 +0200 +++ s4 2008-05-09 00:39:12.000000000 +0200 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated -Local Time is: Fri May 9 00:37:42 2008 CEST +Local Time is: Fri May 9 00:39:12 2008 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled @@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 78 - 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 218 159 021 Pre-fail Always - 2091 - 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 185 + 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 223 159 021 Pre-fail Always - 1833 + 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 186 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000e 200 200 051 Old_age Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 787 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0012 100 100 051 Old_age Always - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0012 100 100 051 Old_age Always - 0 - 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 185 -192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 174 -193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 195 + 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 186 +192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 175 +193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 196 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 102 098 000 Old_age Always - 45 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 36 The disk is just spinning up and down... (btw, why the spin count increases but the spin time decreases???). I really don't uderstand. Could it be the controller going nuts ? Any idea ? I really doubt that I had got 3 faulty drives in a pack and from different brands. Some data: - kernel: 2.6.26-rc1-git6 + blk-lockin-fix + latest-semaphore-fixes - hadrware: 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02) 03:0a.0 RAID bus controller: Adaptec ASC-29320 U320 w/HostRAID (rev 03) 03:0a.1 RAID bus controller: Adaptec ASC-29320 U320 w/HostRAID (rev 03) werewolf:~/soft/linux/kernel/patches/2.6.25-jam06# lsscsi -H [0] aic79xx [1] aic79xx [2] ata_piix [3] ata_piix [4] ata_piix [5] ata_piix werewolf:~/soft/linux/kernel/patches/2.6.25-jam06# lsscsi sdev_scandir_sort: left parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: right parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: left parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: left parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: right parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: right parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: right parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: left parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: right parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: left parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: right parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: left parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: left parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: left parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: right parse failed sdev_scandir_sort: right parse failed [target1:0:0]type? vendor? model? rev? - [target1:0:1]type? vendor? model? rev? - [target2:0:0]type? vendor? model? rev? - [target2:0:1]type? vendor? model? rev? - [target4:0:0]type? vendor? model? rev? - [1:0:0:0] disk SEAGATE ST336807LW 0C01 - [1:0:1:0] disk SEAGATE ST336807LW 0C01 - [2:0:0:0] disk ATA ST3120022A 3.06 - [2:0:1:0] cd/dvd HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10N JL12 - [4:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD3200AVJS-6 12.0 - (garbled output due to some bug in latest gits), but you can guess the sd? ) TIA -- J.A. 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