Steve Nospam
2005-Apr-21 07:03 UTC
[Wine]Fwd: Re: [smartmontools-support]cannot tell if I have a controller or disk problem
> <sebastian.vuorinen@helsinki.fi> wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 18:34 -0700, Steve Nospam > > wrote: > > > I have to admit,I'm ignorant. I'm seeing a > > problem > > > reported in syslog (2.6.11.7 kernel debian > dist.) > > The > > > problem reported is: > > > Apr 20 20:19:53 sandbox kernel: hda: drive_cmd: > > > status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > > > > Obviously your disk has some kind of problem. > Those > > kernel errors > > could result from many things including drive > > itself, cable or > > ide-controller. Let's take a closer look. > > > > > > > smartctl -a /dev/hda reports: > > > Serial Number: 01043113 > > > Firmware Version: B015 > > > Device is: Not in smartctl database [for > > > details use: -P showall] > > > ATA Version is: 4 > > > > ATA version 4 is pretty old. > > Also notice the not in smartctl database line. > > Are you using the latest version of smartmontools > ? > > > > > 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 001 001 > > 020 > > > Old_age Always FAILING_NOW 64841255 > > > > The 'power on hours' attribute has been marked as > > failing. > > However I have trouble believing that the raw > value > > is correct, > > since it would mean your drive has been operating > > for something > > like 7000 years ;) > > > > It's possible that since your drive is not in the > > database, > > its values are misinterpreted. On the other hand > you > > have some > > kernel errors from the drive so something is > wrong. > > > > > 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0012 054 054 > > 020 > > > Old_age Always - 7040 > > > > Over 7000 power cycles combined with the old ata > > version makes me > > believe this drive is pretty old. > > > > Now how old is it ? Maybe you have just reached > the > > end of the > > useful life for this drive ? > > > > Sebastian > >The drive is over 5 years old. I was using it heavily last night and monitored the smartctl output. No errors were detected. Is it correct to assume if smart doesn't report an error, it's a controller problem? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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