On Saturday 07 June 2003 15:45, Blaise Pascal wrote:
> I have been randomly getting this error while RH9
> boots up on my IBM ThinkPad T23 (Pentium III-1ghz, 1GB
> RAM). Here's an excerpt from DMESG:
>
> ****
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 132k freed
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError },
> LBAsect=11793199, sector=11551232
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:02 (hda), sector
> 11551232
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError },
> LBAsect=11793199, sector=11551240
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:02 (hda), sector
> 11551240
> usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
> usb.c: registered new driver hub
> ****
Hi,
I have seen similar errors in the past, and there were caused by a bad ide
cable.
regards,
Yves
> This occur at random times. At all other times, there
> is an unusual pause (a few seconds) occuring where the
> HD Errors would appear, with no output, sort of like
> this:
>
> ****
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 132k freed
> (PAUSE: NO OUTPUT)
> usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
> usb.c: registered new driver hub
> ****
>
> I can't believe my hard drive (IBM Travelstar 40GB,
> 5400RPM) would be going bad already, because I bought
> it two months ago from newegg.com. One thing I tried
> was to get the correct HD utility for the drive, run
> the tests, and do a low level format (I know, it's
> overkill). There were no errors to be found then.
> Unfortunately, after reinstalling RH9, the HD error
> appeared again, at random times.
>
> There is no swap partition or swap file. DMA is
> enabled (automatically, I understand). I didn't edit
> the /etc/sysconfig/harddisks file or added the
> "options" line into /etc/modules (like I used to have
> done in RH8).
>
> I would appreciate any assistance you all could give.
> Thank you.
>
>
> BP
>
>
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