disk errors ? multiple device ? plz help

Sjoerd (sjoerd@cal011111.student.utwente.nl)
Mon, 02 Sep 96 14:52:05 GMT

I have been running a multiple device volume for a while (in a lot of
different configuratiosn). It runs perfectly. But lately I get a lot of
hardware errors. I already lost 1 hard disk. And I don't know what the
cause is.

- multiple device with hda,hdc and hdd
- hdd started to give errors
- hdd died
- hda give errors

I really would appreciate if somebody could verify that it is a hardware
error. Because now hda gives the same errors.

Kind regards,
Sjoerd
sjoerd@cal011111.student.utwente.nl, plz send a mail also when
responding. news at our university us not stable. (they are trying to
get a 2 GB feed on a 2 GB disk)

SYSTEM :
486DX2/66, 16 MB, kernel 2.0.7, Debian distro.

DRIVE HDD :
hdd: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM2100A, 2014MB w/76kB Cache, LBA, CHS=4092/16/63

FIRST ERRORS : (lot's of them, all approx the same)
Sep 1 06:32:10 cal011112 kernel: hdd: read_intr: status=0x59 {
DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Sep 1 06:32:10 cal011112 kernel: hdd: read_intr: error=0x40 {
UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=2639805, sector=2639742
Sep 1 06:32:10 cal011112 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:41,
sector 2639742

WHEN THE DRIVE DIED COMPLETELY :
hdd: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM2100A, 2014MB w/76kB C
ache, LBA, CHS=4092/16/63

Sep 1 14:32:13 cal011112 kernel: hdd: drive not ready for command
Sep 1 14:32:43 cal011112 kernel: ide1: reset timed-out, status=0xd0
Sep 1 14:32:43 cal011112 kernel: hdd: status timeout: status=0xd0 {
Busy }
Sep 1 14:32:43 cal011112 kernel: hdd: drive not ready for command
Sep 1 14:33:13 cal011112 kernel: ide1: reset timed-out, status=0xd0
Sep 1 14:33:13 cal011112 kernel: hdd: status timeout: status=0xd0 {
Busy }
Sep 1 14:33:13 cal011112 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:41,
sector 3409754

DRIVE HDA:
hda: QUANTUM MAVERICK 540A, 516MB w/98kB Cache, LBA, CHS=1049/16/63
ERROR AT THE MOMENT :

Sep 2 15:39:30 cal011112 kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 {
DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Sep 2 15:39:30 cal011112 kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x40 {
UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=999826, sector=550258
Sep 2 15:39:30 cal011112 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:03,
sector 550258