Hi,

I have a problem with my hard disc when I try to upgrade or install an
RPM whose files go in /usr. For many RPMs I can hear a very intence noise
coming from the hd.  After the installation, the partition where the /usr lies
(sda5) has some inconsistencies. This is exactly what happened recently, when I
downloaded  glibc-2.1.2-17.i386.rpm. My SCSI controller is AIC-7890, on a ASUS
P2B-DS motherboard. The disc model is a Seagate ST34520W.

So when I type:

[root@iokasti][glibc]# rpm -ihv  glibc-2.1.2-17.i386.rpm
glibc                       ##################################################
scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 39 b0 40 00 00 02 
00
Info fld=0x39b041, Current sd08:05: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:05, sector 3571764
EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read inode block - 
inode=448321, block=1785882
scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 39 b0 40 00 00 02 
00
Info fld=0x39b041, Current sd08:05: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:05, sector 3571764
EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read inode block - 
inode=448322, block=1785882
scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 39 b0 40 00 00 02 
00
Info fld=0x39b041, Current sd08:05: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:05, sector 3571764
EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read inode block - 
inode=448323, block=1785882
scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 39 b0 40 00 00 02 
00
Info fld=0x39b041, Current sd08:05: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:05, sector 3571764
EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read inode block - 
inode=448324, block=1785882
scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 39 b0 40 00 00 02 
00
Info fld=0x39b041, Current sd08:05: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:05, sector 3571764
EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read inode block - 
inode=448325, block=1785882
scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 39 b0 40 00 00 02 
00
Info fld=0x39b041, Current sd08:05: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:05, sector 3571764
EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read inode block - 
inode=448326, block=1785882
scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 39 b0 40 00 00 02 
00
Info fld=0x39b041, Current sd08:05: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:05, sector 3571764
EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read inode block - 
inode=448327, block=1785882
scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 39 b0 40 00 00 02 
00
Info fld=0x39b041, Current sd08:05: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:05, sector 3571764
EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read inode block - 
inode=448328, block=1785882

--------------There is more ------------------------

Afterwards, I went in single user mode (telinit 1), unmount /usr and typed:

[root@iokasti][/]# fsck /usr
Parallelizing fsck version 1.18 (11-Nov-1999)
e2fsck 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
/dev/sda5 contains a file system with errors, check forced.
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 39 b0 34 00 00 1c 
00
Info fld=0x39b041, Current sd08:05: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:05, sector 3571764
scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 39 b0 40 00 00 02 
00
Info fld=0x39b041, Current sd08:05: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:05, sector 3571764
Error reading block 1785882 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short 
read) while doing inode scan.  Ignore error<y>? yes

Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Entry 'LC_CTYPE' in /share/locale/et_EE (448403) has deleted/unused inode 448321.  
Clear<y>? yes

Entry 'LC_MONETARY' in /share/locale/et_EE (448403) has deleted/unused inode 448322.  
Clear<y>? yes

Entry 'LC_NUMERIC' in /share/locale/et_EE (448403) has deleted/unused inode 448323.  
Clear<y>? yes

Entry 'LC_TIME' in /share/locale/et_EE (448403) has deleted/unused inode 448324.  
Clear<y>? yes

Entry 'SYS_LC_MESSAGES' in /share/locale/fr_CA/LC_MESSAGES (448409) has deleted/unused 
inode 448325.  Clear<y>? yes

Entry 'LC_COLLATE' in /share/locale/fr_CH (448411) has deleted/unused inode 448326.  
Clear<y>? yes

Entry 'LC_CTYPE' in /share/locale/fr_CH (448411) has deleted/unused inode 448327.  
Clear<y>? yes

Entry 'LC_MONETARY' in /share/locale/fr_CH (448411) has deleted/unused inode 448328.  
Clear<y>? yes

Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 1, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 39 b0 40 00 00 02 
00
Info fld=0x39b041, Current sd08:05: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:05, sector 3571764
Block bitmap differences:  -1786644 -1786645 -1786646 -1786647 -1786648 -1786649 
-1786650 -1786651 -1786652 -1786653 -1786654 -1786660 -1786661 -1786662 -1786663 
-1786664 -1786665 -1786666 -1786667 -1786668 -1786669 -1786670 -1786671 -1786672 
-1786673 -1786674 -1786675 -1786676 -1786677 -1786678 -1786679 -1786680 -1786681 
-1786682 -1786683 -1786684 -1786685 -1786686 -1786687 -1786688 -1786689 -1786690 
-1786691 -1786692 -1786734 -1786735 -1786736 -1786737 -1786738 -1786739 -1786740 
-1786741 -1786742 -1786743 -1786744 -1786745 -1786746 -1787280
Fix<y>?
...................
etc etc etc


Eventually the problem seems to dissappear and sda5 seems fixed. But when I
reinstall the package in order to replace the lost files the same problem
arises...

So, is there a problem with the surface of the hard dics, or a problem with the
SCSI controller, or the kernel, or the ext2 filesystem, or e2fsck?????

Any help will be greatly appreciated,

-- 
Dr. Nikolaos A. Margaritis
Department of Physical Chemistry
National Research Centre for Physical Sciences "Demokritos"
Ag. Paraskevi, Athens 15310, Greece.
Tel: +30(0)1 650 3960
URL: http://athos.chem.demokritos.gr/~nmargar

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