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 Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:26 am Post subject: SA8: What are these hard drive error messages dmesg? |
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Q: What are these hard drive error messages dmesg?
| Code: | ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00
ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
ata1: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } |
A: Many times these errors indicate drive failure in the near future. If you are unfortunate enough to witness these messages there are a few steps that can be taken.
- First: Begin backing things up starting with the most critical. If the drives are dying, the less disk activity there is, the longer it may live so choose wisely.
- Second: If the drives are still running after backing up essential files, it's time to check if the drives truly are failing. To do this, install sys-apps/smartmontools if you haven't already. After installing them, check IDE (hdX) drives (where X is your drive letter) by
| Code: | | smartctl -a /dev/hdX |
For SATA (sdX) drives, try: | Code: | | smartctl -a --device=ata /dev/sdX |
Third: If no errors are reported, you may have escaped drive failure and a simple kernel config option may cure the errors. For kernel versions >=2.6.19, try enabling:
| Code: | CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE:
If you get this error, try to say Y here:
hda: set_multmode: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: set_multmode: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
If in doubt, say N.
Symbol: IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE [=y]
Prompt: Use multi-mode by default
Defined at drivers/ide/Kconfig:156
Depends on: BLOCK && IDE && BLK_DEV_IDE
Location:
-> Device Drivers
-> ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support
-> ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support (IDE [=y])
-> Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support (BLK_DEV_IDE [=y]) |
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