From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gavin Cameron Subject: Re: Frequent Head Unload Problem Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:00:18 +0100 Message-ID: <49F0E4F2.9000400@gavsworld.net> References: <49E4BF3E.9040105@gavsworld.net> <49E537F4.8000807@gmail.com> <49E666B2.6090708@gavsworld.net> <49E67576.8070704@gmail.com> <49E8C14D.7020907@gavsworld.net> <49E92BDF.7060507@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net ([212.159.7.36]:5307 "EHLO relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755429AbZDWWAV (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:00:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: <49E92BDF.7060507@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Robert Hancock Cc: Tejun Heo , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Robert Hancock wrote: > Gavin Cameron wrote: >> What do you think? Just a knackered drive and nothing to do with >> libata at all? > > Yeah, it's possible that what you're hearing isn't a head unload at all, > but some kind of abnormal recalibration noise, etc. Hi again, Just to follow up on this. I installed a new hard drive yesterday and magically this horrible sounding noise has stopped. So, it looks like the hard drive was doing that on it's own - as you say, perhaps a re-calibration cycle due to the excessive CRC errors. Anyway, sorry for wild goose chase, but many, many thanks for pointing me down the path that made me discover that my /home partition didn't have long to live. I managed to transfer all data over sucessfully :-) Best regards, Gavin.