hda: lost interrupt

[jludwig]

On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 13:59, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am So, den 04.04.2004 schrieb Timothy Murphy um 14:41:
> 
> > Probably OT, but I'm getting the above error message
> > more and more frequently, followed by the machine seizing up.
> > 
> > (1) Is this definitely a sign of a dying disk?
> 
> Not necessarily. Do you get "lost interrupt" messages followed by a
> message line like "hda: read_intr: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> }"?
> 
> What harddrive brand/type do you have? Does it sound loud and gives some
> ill sounds? What chipset / IDE controller does your motherboard have?
> 
> You could run "smartctl -t /dev/hda" selftest. Most harddrive
> manufacturers have tools too to check the drive's health situation.
> 
> > (2) Is there any possibility of an hdparam change improving matters?
> 
> Only if the DMA mode would be recognized wrongly. Is your PC very busy
> when those messages appear? Maybe especially during daily slocate run in
> the morning at 4:02AM?
> 
> > I'm running FC-1 with kernels 2.6.4 and 2.4.25.
> > [I have the impression that I get the error slightly more often
> > with the 2.6 kernel, but that could be an illusion.]
> > 
> > Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.
> 
> > Timothy Murphy 
> 
> Alexander

This sounds like a drive going bad. The read_itnr: indicates that a
sector could not be read properly and the drive is being reset. In any
case download abd back up NOW!!!
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jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>