Failing Hard Drive

[jerrykenny]

Is this a failing hard drive ?

(from dmesg)

ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
ata1.00: (BMDMA stat 0x23)
ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xc8 Emask 0x20 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (host bus error)
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata1: port is slow to respond, please be patient
ata1: port failed to respond (30 secs)
ata1: soft resetting port
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata1: EH complete
SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
ata1.00: (BMDMA stat 0x22)
ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xca Emask 0x20 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (host bus error)
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata1: port is slow to respond, please be patient
ata1: port failed to respond (30 secs)
ata1: soft resetting port
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata1: EH complete
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
ata1.00: (BMDMA stat 0x23)
ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xc8 Emask 0x20 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (host bus error)
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xD407
ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda5, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
ata1: port is slow to respond, please be patient
ata1: port failed to respond (30 secs)
ata1: soft resetting port
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata1: EH complete
SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back

And it eventually fails to mount the hd. . . . . . the drive has been in use less than a month, Its also mounted on a new motherboard, so I'm not 100% sure it isnt the motherboard at fault.


Cheers Jerry
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[jerrykenny]

actually, reading the forums, it may be a kernel issue . . . . I'm using 2.6.18-r3, I'll try an older kernel, then to see what happens.
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[jerrykenny]

No, No, it isnt specific kernel related, as neither knoppix, nor system-recue-cd can do anything with this disk.


Anyone ?
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