On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Peter Blomgren wrote: >Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:38:50 -0800 >From: Peter Blomgren <blomgren@terminus.sdsu.edu> >To: psyche-list@redhat.com >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) <psyche-list.redhat.com> >Subject: EXT3 errors -- is this drive dying? > >I'm seeing EXT3 errors: > >kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } >kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=81156390, sector=21233872 >kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:06 (hda), sector 21233872 >kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,6)): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=1325185, block=2654234 >kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,6)) in ext3_reserve_inode_write: IO failure >kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,6)) in ext3_new_inode: IO failure >kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } >kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=81156390, sector=21233872 >kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:06 (hda), sector 21233872 >kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,6)): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=1325186, block=2654234 >kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,6)) in ext3_reserve_inode_write: IO failure >kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,6)) in ext3_new_inode: IO failure > >Is this drive dying, or can it be saved? (Kernel 2.4.18-14) Your disk is toast. Pray that your backups are safe. :o/ The ext3 errors are due to disk corruption caused by the disk dying, and are not due to filesystem related problems. Replace your disk ASAP. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer XFree86 maintainer Red Hat Inc. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list