I am getting occasional seek error on my boot drive.
The messages are as follows:
pshda: dma_intr: status = 0x51 { Drive ReadySeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error= 0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Everything seems to be working fine but these errors do
have me concerned.
The last time they occurred I was created a fairly large cpio
backup file in the '/tmp' directory.
The drive has been checked via fsck, and any errors found were
reported to be corrected.
Should I take some kind of action on this, or just ignore the errors?
centos-bounces at centos.org <> scribbled on Tuesday, August 02, 2005 9:58 PM:> I am getting occasional seek error on my boot drive. > The messages are as follows: > > pshda: dma_intr: status = 0x51 { Drive ReadySeekComplete Error } > hda: dma_intr: error= 0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } > ide: failed opcode was: unknown > > Everything seems to be working fine but these errors do have > me concerned. > > The last time they occurred I was created a fairly large cpio > backup file in the '/tmp' directory. > > The drive has been checked via fsck, and any errors found > were reported to be corrected. > > Should I take some kind of action on this, or just ignore the errors?Try running smartctl -a /dev/hdx against the drive. Mike
On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 19:57 -0700, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:> I am getting occasional seek error on my boot drive. > The messages are as follows: > > pshda: dma_intr: status = 0x51 { Drive ReadySeekComplete Error } > hda: dma_intr: error= 0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } > ide: failed opcode was: unknownI've recently seen similar errors on an old server here, and all my Googling seems to indicate an early sign of imminent drive failure. Some people reported resolving the issue by making changes to DMA settings with hdparm, or changing something in the BIOS. However, in most cases, the recommendations were: 1. Backup data, ASAP, and wait for failure before moving to new disk 2. Use fdisk to map out the bad sectors. 3. Get a new HD, ASAP. I've been doing option 1. I have another server waiting in the wings, so it'll be able to take over when the time comes. HTH, Ranbir -- Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu Systems Aligned Inc. www.systemsaligned.com