Re: [gentoo-user] dying hard drive?

[Tim Igoe]

matthew.garman@×××××.com wrote:

>I keep getting hard drive errors in my kernel log/dmesg that have me
>worried.  From /var/log/kernel/current:
>
>Jan 13 11:42:31 [kernel] hda: dma_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
>                - Last output repeated 7 times -
>Jan 13 11:42:39 [kernel] hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=206696214, high=12, low=5369622, sector=206695927
>Jan 13 11:42:39 [kernel] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>Jan 13 11:42:40 [kernel] hda: dma_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
>
>
>
>
Exactly the same message I noticed less than 1hr before my Maxtor 
DiamondMax 9 packed in just before xmas. Annoyingly my drive wouldn't 
mount the main data partition but everything else seemed in tact. I 
managed to recover all my data from the drive using dd once i had a new 
drive.

I'd recommend backing up anything thats essencial on the drive and 
preparing for it to give up the ghost.

>The drive is a 160 GB PATA Samsung.  It's about two or three years
>old, running 24x7 (although lightly).  The drive has three
>partitions, all are ext3.
>
>When I started seeing the above messages, I ran
>
>    fsck.ext3 -f -v -c -c /dev/hda?
>
>on all three partitions.  Note that the "-c" flag includes the bad
>blocks check.
>
>I also ran
>
>    smartctl -t long /dev/hda
>
>On the drive.  Apparently, an error was found (details below).  I'm
>not sure if this drive is actually dying, though, as the following
>article (by the smartmontools author) suggests that one or two
>errors on a drive is nothing to worry about.  Also, the SMART
>overall-health self-assessment test comes back as PASSED.
>
>    http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6983
>
>But the constant kernel messages, along with the error in the "long"
>SMART test, concern me.  At this point, I'm not really sure what my
>next steps should be, so I'm looking for any suggestions or advice.
>
>Thanks!
>Matt
>
>
>
># smartctl -a /dev/hda
>
>smartctl version 5.33 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen
>Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
>=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
>Device Model:     SAMSUNG SP1614N
>Serial Number:    0642J1FW903226
>Firmware Version: TM100-24
>User Capacity:    160,041,885,696 bytes
>Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
>ATA Version is:   7
>ATA Standard is:  ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 0
>Local Time is:    Fri Jan 13 15:24:27 2006 CST
>SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
>SMART support is: Enabled
>
>=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
>SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
>
>General SMART Values:
>Offline data collection status:  (0x00)	Offline data collection activity
>					was never started.
>					Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
>Self-test execution status:      ( 245)	Self-test routine in progress...
>					50% of test remaining.
>Total time to complete Offline
>data collection: 		 (5760) seconds.
>Offline data collection
>capabilities: 			 (0x1b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
>					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
>					Suspend Offline collection upon new
>					command.
>					Offline surface scan supported.
>					Self-test supported.
>					No Conveyance Self-test supported.
>					No Selective Self-test supported.
>SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
>					power-saving mode.
>					Supports SMART auto save timer.
>Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
>					No General Purpose Logging support.
>Short self-test routine
>recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
>Extended self-test routine
>recommended polling time: 	 (  96) minutes.
>
>SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
>Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
>ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
>  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000b   100   100   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       1
>  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0007   061   061   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       6528
>  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       73
>  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   253   253   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
>  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000b   253   253   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
>  8 Seek_Time_Performance   0x0024   253   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
>  9 Power_On_Half_Minutes   0x0032   098   098   000    Old_age   Always       -       11505h+32m
> 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   253   253   049    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
> 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       50
>194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   163   127   000    Old_age   Always       -       25
>195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x000a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       265460048
>196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       2
>197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0033   253   253   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
>198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0031   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Offline      -       2
>199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x000b   100   100   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
>200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x000b   100   100   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
>201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate    0x000b   100   100   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
>
>SMART Error Log Version: 1
>ATA Error Count: 1
>	CR = Command Register [HEX]
>	FR = Features Register [HEX]
>	SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
>	SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
>	CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
>	CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
>	DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
>	DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
>	ER = Error register [HEX]
>	ST = Status register [HEX]
>Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
>DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
>SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
>
>Error 1 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 0 hours (0 days + 0 hours)
>  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
>
>  After command completion occurred, registers were:
>  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
>  -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>  04 51 00 01 00 00 a0  Error: ABRT
>
>  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
>  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
>  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
>  b1 c0 00 01 00 00 a0 00      00:00:07.688  DEVICE CONFIGURATION RESTORE
>  ec 00 03 01 00 00 a0 00      00:00:07.688  IDENTIFY DEVICE
>  91 00 3f 01 00 00 af 00      00:00:07.688  INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS [OBS-6]
>  10 00 00 01 00 00 a0 00      00:00:07.688  RECALIBRATE [OBS-4]
>  ec 00 01 01 00 00 a0 00      00:00:07.688  IDENTIFY DEVICE
>
>SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
>Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
># 1  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       00%     11486         262886799
># 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11483         -
>
>Device does not support Selective Self Tests/Logging
>smartctl version 5.33 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen
>Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
>
>
># smartctl -l selftest /dev/hda
>
>=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
>SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
>Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
># 1  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       00%     11486         262886799
># 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11483         -
>
>
>
>
Tim

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