Re: linux 2.0.31 problem

Kurt Garloff (garloff@kg1.ping.de)
Tue, 7 Oct 1997 10:07:30 +0200 (CEST)


On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Francesco Faenzi wrote:

> Hi, I,ve got the following problem with linux-2.0.31-pre10
>
> Oct 6 23:26:31 bob kernel: hda: write_intr: status=0x51
> { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Oct 6 23:26:31 bob kernel: hda: write_intr: error=0x18
> { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=1718312, sector=328159
> Oct 6 23:26:31 bob kernel: hda: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> Oct 6 23:26:31 bob kernel: hda: status error: error=0x18
> { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=1718319, sector=328159
> Oct 6 23:26:31 bob kernel: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE
> Oct 6 23:26:31 bob kernel: ide0: reset: success
>
> hdparm -g /dev/hda:
>
> /dev/hda:
> geometry = 1654/16/63, sectors = 1667232, start = 0

Hmm, the log looks more like a (temporary ?) HD failure than like a kernel
bug. Test with badblocks (readonly) or write a little testprogram for
(permamnent) HD errors.
But: The sector the kernel looks for might be illegal. Maybe somebody
familiar with LBA can comment on this.

Kurt Garloff, Dortmund
<K.Garloff@ping.de>