Help! DriveReady SeekComplete Error

[alvin at maggie.linux-consulting.com]

hi ya

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, David Alban wrote:

> Greetings!
> 
> On my thinkpad laptop (running SuSE linux), I observe:
> 
>   $ cat /var/log/messages > /dev/null
>   cat: /var/log/messages: Input/output error
> 
> And at the end of /var/log/messages, I see:
> 
> Feb  6 11:07:03 tomkagai kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekCom
> plete Error }
> Feb  6 11:07:03 tomkagai kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError 
> }, LBAsect=11431971, sector=4295264
> Feb  6 11:07:03 tomkagai kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:05 (hda), sector
>  4295264

those errors are typical errors when you have one or more of the
following..

a.  mixed ata-66 w/ ata-100 and ata-133 drives 
   ( dont mix different speed drives on the same ide cable )
	cdrom should be on different cables than disks

b.  verify that your kernel has the chipset enabled and/or patched for the
    ide controller

c.  check your cables should be 80-conductor ... no kinks, no rubbing
    against metal

d.  check your +12V power stability ( yeah.. you need a scope but.. )

e.   your disks is about to die...

	-- backup everything onto a new backup server... leave the prev
	backups alone as it might have the only good copy of your data

	and see if the symtoms go away or if it crashes

>   hda: HITACHI_DK23AA-12B, ATA DISK drive 
>   hda: 23572080 sectors (12069 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=1559/240/63, UDMA(33)

good drives..

c ya
alvin