mkfs.ext3 on 500GB drive

[Justin Conover]

On 6/25/05, Peter Arremann <loony at loonybin.org> wrote:
> On Saturday 25 June 2005 20:15, Justin Conover wrote:
> > # dmesg | tail
> > lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
> > sda: Current: sense key: No Sense
> >     Additional sense: No additional sense information
> > ieee1394: sbp2: aborting sbp2 command
> > scsi0 : destination target 0, lun 0
> >         command: Write (10): 2a 00 38 67 a5 d7 00 00 10 00
> > SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code = 0x50000
> > end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 946316759
> > Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 118289587
> > lost page write due to I/O error on sda1
> >
> >
> > The firewire interface further up is a pcmcia card on my laptop, I
> > have also tried it on another box with the same results
> >
> > # lspci -v | grep 1394
> > 02:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host
> > Controller (rev 46) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
> >
> > And my server currently has
> >
> > # lspci -v | grep 1394
> > 00:11.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port
> > (rev 04) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
> >
> > I put the card in my server because I didn't have any other firewire
> > sitting around.  I was thinking of getting one of the following:
> >
> > FireWire 800 (1394b) 3 Port, 32-bit PCI Host Adapter With Deluxe DV
> > Editing Software and 1394 DV Cable
> > Manufacturer: SIIG
> > Mfg Part #: NN-831012
> > Product Number: 50320715
> >
> > or
> >
> > 3 Port FireWire 800 PCI Card
> > Manufacturer: LaCie
> > Mfg Part #: 107755
> > Product Number: 50280126
> 
> The chip you have is fairly common - my desktop has the same and works just
> fine. That together with the error you got above seems to indicate an error
> on the actual disk drive.
> 
> If it was me, I'd rip open the storage unit, take the drives out, connect them
> to a pc and run the manufacturers drive fitness test program
> (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ if you don't have a copy of the software).
> 
> Peter.
> 

Well, I think your right, I plugged it into my wifes windows box and
ntfs failed to format it too, guess I'll be calling LaCie. I thought
these were supposed to be good drives.....