Hello to the List Members! I was searching the Internet (and this list) for a while, and found many people with similar symptoms. I could find no satisfactory solutions to their problems, though. So, I decided to ask here. I've got a RedHat 9.0 SMP system (L440GX motherboard, 2x650 Pentium III, 1GB RAM). There are two SCSI disk drives and two IDE disk drives (connected to a Promise ATA-100 card). Linux l440gx 2.4.20-20.9smp #1 SMP Mon Aug 18 11:32:15 EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux The following is the fdisk -l output for the disk drive in question (MAXTOR 120GB): Disk /dev/hdg: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdg1 1 14946 120053713+ 83 Linux Here is my problem. System worked OK for a while (several months). Recently, I found the file system re-mounted read-only, and the following messages in the syslog: Sep 29 05:04:46 localhost kernel: hdg: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Sep 29 05:04:46 localhost kernel: hdg: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=20793, sector=20728 Sep 29 05:04:46 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 22:01 (hdg), sector 20728 Sep 29 05:04:46 localhost kernel: journal_bmap_Rsmp_514801a1: journal block not found at offset 2060 on ide3(34,1) Sep 29 05:04:46 localhost kernel: Aborting journal on device ide3(34,1). Sep 29 05:04:46 localhost kernel: ext3_abort called. Sep 29 05:04:46 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs abort (device ide3(34,1)): ext3_journal_start: Detected aborted journal Sep 29 05:04:46 localhost kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only I booted from a floppy, and ran Maxtor's diagnostic program (full scan) - no problems detected. I ran 'badblocks' as well, on /dev/hdg, and it went OK. I successfully read the whole drive ( Then I tried to read /dev/hdg1 (the partition) with dd, and got an error (this example skips most of the drive, but when I read the whole drive, result is the same) [root@l440gx /]# dd bs=10k skip=12000000 of=/dev/null if=/dev/hdg1 dd: reading `/dev/hdg1': Input/output error 5371+1 records in 5371+1 records out There were errors in /var/log/messages as well: Oct 5 21:10:28 localhost kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Oct 5 21:10:28 localhost kernel: 22:01: rw=0, want=120053716, limit=120053713 Oct 5 21:10:28 localhost kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Oct 5 21:10:28 localhost kernel: 22:01: rw=0, want=120053716, limit=120053713 This condition is 100% reproduceable. This condition does not exist on the second IDE drive, nor on any of SCSI drives. I have tried the following: * Create smaller partition (as small as 100MB in the beginning of the drive) - the same error, dd tried to read beyond of the partition. Disk /dev/hdg: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdg1 1 13 104391 83 Linux Oct 5 21:16:23 localhost kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Oct 5 21:16:23 localhost kernel: 22:01: rw=0, want=104392, limit=104391 Oct 5 21:16:23 localhost kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Oct 5 21:16:23 localhost kernel: 22:01: rw=0, want=104392, limit=104391 * Fill the beginning of the drive with zeroes and re-create partition table - no help either. I don't know what to think in this situation. I don't know I have this problem from the very beginning (and just noticed it when the disk got filled up), or something broke recently. I don't know if this is a disk or RedHat problem. Before I start trying different kernels, I would like to know your opinion. Any Help Would Be Greatly Appreciated !!! Sincerely yours, Sergey __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list