David Brodbeck wrote: > jan kalcic wrote: > >> In addition, during the wait, the hard disk sounds like it is doing such >> a big work that it's so busy it can't even move my mouse. Quite strange. >> >> Could it even be an hardware (hard disk) problem? >> >> > > That seems very likely. Often when I have that kind of behavior it's > because there are bad sectors on the disk and it's having to try > repeatedly to read data. You may even see I/O errors in your syslog. > > I would run the SMART self-test, if it's supported -- see the 'smartctl' > manpage for details. Most likely your disk is dying. > So hardware problem, right? :(
It reports some errors but it seems to be always the same one and I'm not sure they are what you guess. smartctl version 5.37 [i686-suse-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Hitachi Travelstar 5K80 family Device Model: HTS548060M9AT00 Serial Number: MRLB55L4HZNEHC Firmware Version: MGBOA5EA User Capacity: 60,011,642,880 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 6 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a Local Time is: Mon Apr 2 02:30:22 2007 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x85) Offline data collection activity was aborted by an interrupting command from host. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 645) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 46) minutes. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 084 084 062 Pre-fail Always - 2097461 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 040 Pre-fail Offline - 604 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 148 148 033 Pre-fail Always - 2 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 808 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 095 095 005 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 040 Pre-fail Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 096 096 000 Old_age Always - 2120 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 800 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x000a 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 65540 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 63 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 093 093 000 Old_age Always - 73182 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 141 141 000 Old_age Always - 39 (Lifetime Min/Max 7/52) 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 376 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 201 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 ATA Error Count: 21303 (device log contains only the most recent five errors) CR = Command Register [HEX] FR = Features Register [HEX] SC = Sector Count Register [HEX] SN = Sector Number Register [HEX] CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX] CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX] DH = Device/Head Register [HEX] DC = Device Command Register [HEX] ER = Error register [HEX] ST = Status register [HEX] Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes, SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days. Error 21303 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2118 hours (88 days + 6 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 03 3c 62 65 e2 Error: UNC 3 sectors at LBA = 0x0265623c = 40198716 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 25 00 08 37 62 65 e0 00 07:44:17.200 READ DMA EXT e7 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 07:44:11.600 FLUSH CACHE e7 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 07:44:11.600 FLUSH CACHE 35 00 08 97 0a 4c e0 00 07:44:11.600 WRITE DMA EXT e7 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 07:44:11.600 FLUSH CACHE Error 21302 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2118 hours (88 days + 6 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 03 3c 62 65 e2 Error: UNC 3 sectors at LBA = 0x0265623c = 40198716 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 25 00 08 37 62 65 e0 00 07:32:18.000 READ DMA EXT 35 00 10 97 1c 4a e0 00 07:32:18.000 WRITE DMA EXT 35 00 08 f8 3a d3 e0 00 07:32:18.000 WRITE DMA EXT 35 00 10 e0 a4 2c e0 00 07:32:18.000 WRITE DMA EXT 35 00 08 37 1f a2 e0 00 07:32:18.000 WRITE DMA EXT Error 21301 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2118 hours (88 days + 6 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 03 3c 62 65 e2 Error: UNC 3 sectors at LBA = 0x0265623c = 40198716 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 25 00 08 37 62 65 e0 00 07:32:14.100 READ DMA EXT 35 00 08 5f b7 a5 e0 00 07:32:12.800 WRITE DMA EXT 35 00 08 cf b6 a5 e0 00 07:32:12.800 WRITE DMA EXT 35 00 20 3f 1f a2 e0 00 07:32:12.800 WRITE DMA EXT e7 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 07:32:08.400 FLUSH CACHE Error 21300 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2118 hours (88 days + 6 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 03 3c 62 65 e2 Error: UNC 3 sectors at LBA = 0x0265623c = 40198716 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 25 00 08 37 62 65 e0 00 07:24:15.800 READ DMA EXT 25 00 08 37 62 65 e0 00 07:24:11.900 READ DMA EXT 35 00 08 28 a9 ca e0 00 07:24:11.000 WRITE DMA EXT e7 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 07:24:06.200 FLUSH CACHE e7 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 07:24:06.200 FLUSH CACHE Error 21299 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 2118 hours (88 days + 6 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 51 03 3c 62 65 e2 Error: UNC 3 sectors at LBA = 0x0265623c = 40198716 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 25 00 08 37 62 65 e0 00 07:24:11.900 READ DMA EXT 35 00 08 28 a9 ca e0 00 07:24:11.000 WRITE DMA EXT e7 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 07:24:06.200 FLUSH CACHE e7 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 07:24:06.200 FLUSH CACHE 35 00 08 d7 eb 4b e0 00 07:24:06.200 WRITE DMA EXT SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 1 - # 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 - Warning! SMART Selective Self-Test Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum. SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
