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eolson
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 Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 3:02 am Post subject: I think my HD is dying |
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I think my HD is dying. It seems to work OK right after a startup. But then later I can't read or write to it. I notice that my HD activity light is usually flickering all the time by this point.
This is what happens when I do a hdparm -Tt
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silvermonkey root # hdparm -Tt /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
read() failed: Input/output error
Timing buffered disk reads: read() failed: Input/output error
HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(null) (wait for flush complete) failed: Input/output error
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Any ideas or suggestions. Other tests I can do?
Update
Actually, here is the same command run after a fresh reboot.
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silvermonkey root # hdparm -Tt /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 976 MB in 2.00 seconds = 487.83 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 138 MB in 3.02 seconds = 45.69 MB/sec
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So it's working ok now... But in 10 minutes it will start to be unreadable. Weird. |
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bmichaelsen
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:42 am Post subject: |
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| Code: | | emerge smartmontools |
... and look if the drive knows that it is dying ... |
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fctk
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eolson
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm, I don't know if that's helping.
It passes all the tests fine when I run them directly after a reboot.
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silvermonkey root # smartctl -H /dev/hdb
smartctl version 5.26 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
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yet after about an hour here is the same test run.
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silvermonkey root # smartctl -H /dev/hdb
smartctl version 5.26 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device)
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.
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So I think i'm back in the same position. |
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KingTaco
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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boot knoppix or a livecd, and repeat the same test. sounds like your kernel config is b0rk3d(specificly relating to your IDE controller chipset)
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thepi
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also test your hard drive's temperature during operation. as the error appears only after a while, it can be related to a malfunction provoked by overheating.
another possibility: propably one of the chips on your harddrive or your mainboard is defective so that it doesn't operate within the designed temperature range. in both cases, adding an additional cooling fan to either your hdd or your mainboard's ide controller chip could help.
hth,
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KingTaco
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| thepi wrote: | also test your hard drive's temperature during operation. as the error appears only after a while, it can be related to a malfunction provoked by overheating.
another possibility: propably one of the chips on your harddrive or your mainboard is defective so that it doesn't operate within the designed temperature range. in both cases, adding an additional cooling fan to either your hdd or your mainboard's ide controller chip could help.
hth,
pi~ |
good point, this could quite possibly be the case.
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