on 08/01/2013 01:10 AM Bruce Hill wrote the following: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:17:02PM +0300, Thanasis wrote: >> on 07/31/2013 10:06 PM Paul Hartman wrote the following: >>> >>> There are a few approaches to try figuring it out explained here: >>> >>> http://serverfault.com/questions/244944/linux-ata-errors-translating-to-a-device-name >>> >> >> Looking into /sys/dev/block it seems like /dev/sda is on ata1 and >> /dev/sdb is on ata2, and since there is nothing else attached to the >> system, the ata6 problem may be related to a controller (as Bruce said), >> and hopefully not a disk drive. > > Sorry I don't have time to reply atm. If either drive has errors continuing, > please change the SATA cable for a new one. Or, at least, reseat them, and > aftewards report results. >
I keep the cable connected to both the motherboard's sata port and to the external eSata disk enclosure. I noticed that the cable indeed needed reseating, but on the other hand, the external disk had *not* been powered on since last reboot, i.e. before these "errors or warnings" in dmesg had appeared. FWIW, after reseating the cable, I powered the external disk on, run a forced fsck on it, and no errors where reported.
