kernel hdd error msg

Dave Jones davej at redhat.com
Wed Feb 25 15:16:25 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 06:48, david walcroft wrote:
> Is this error saying the disks are dying.
> 
> Feb 24 16:03:50 reddwarf kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { 
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> 
> Feb 24 16:03:50 reddwarf kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { 
> DriveStatusError }
> 
> Feb 24 16:14:50 reddwarf kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { 
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> 
> Feb 24 16:14:50 reddwarf kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { 
> DriveStatusError }

harmless.
51/04 is the drive saying Eh? in response to the kernel
asking if it supports a certain ata command.  It's not uncommon to
see these with older drives.

	Dave





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