Re: [edlug] Failing hdd and mystery crash

[Roy Bamford <zenadsl6108@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

On 2004.03.03 11:50, Mike Moran wrote:
> ... I've now seen the voice (face?) of doom in my logs:
>
> Mar  2 19:13:57 xxx kernel: hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady  
> SeekComplete Error }
> Mar  2 19:13:57 xxx kernel: hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04  
> { DriveStatusError }
>
> This is sometimes accompanied by a 'chunk, kechunk' noise, and can  
> happen during normal runtime (ie not just at startup). I've now  
> opened it up and made sure the cables are secure; no kechunks yet.
>
> I was wondering what I could do that would stress test it enough to  
> cause the problem to appear again? I was thinking of some sort of  
> recursive find that would have a peek in each file? I presume if you  
> just do "find / -print" then that may just access all the directory  
> entries and not access any files?
>
> Ta,
>
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> Mike
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Mike,

Get ide-smart from http://lightside.eresmas.com/ or smartmontools from  
http://smartmontools.sf.net/ and have a look at the drives internal  
error log.

Regards,

Roy Bamford
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