Andrew Pritchard wrote: > > I've been looking through the logcheck on one of my machines, and I've seen > a lot of these types of messages: > > Mar 24 17:14:51 orion kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady > SeekComplete Error } > Mar 24 17:14:51 orion kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { > UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=3994439, sector=63232 > Mar 24 17:14:51 orion kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), > sector 63232 > > Does this mean my drive is dying? I've not had any problems with the machine > till now.
You should probably disable IDE DMA (see hdparm) immediately. If kernel IDE problems are your problem, that should prevent additional corruption. Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]