From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: Ask for help with "qc timeout" and "failed to read log page 10h" Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:02:31 -0600 Message-ID: <50EA48D7.7000606@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from mail-ie0-f169.google.com ([209.85.223.169]:45126 "EHLO mail-ie0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753511Ab3AGECf (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jan 2013 23:02:35 -0500 Received: by mail-ie0-f169.google.com with SMTP id c14so23053457ieb.28 for ; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:02:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 01/06/2013 02:59 AM, Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki wrote: > I'm using old notebook (coming from about 2008) and recently > experienced my first problem with the harddrive. There is one file I > can not fully read. It's size is 4.4GB, but after copying 3.4GB I get > that errors in dmesg and copying hangs. > > This is the only case where I experience this issue. As long as I > don't touch that problematic file I don't see any problems/errors. > > Is this possible some part of the file was saved on a bad block of my > hard drive? Can this mean some problem with the driver scanning for > the bad blocks? Or could that be just an accident that block became a > bad one after using it (when it was OK)? > > EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (nul= l) > ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x2f) > ata1: failed to read log page 10h (errno=3D-5) > ata1.00: exception Emask 0x1 SAct 0x3 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > (... see dmesg.txt) > From the dmesg output (specifically the UNC bit) it looks like the=20 drive is reporting it is unable to read a number of sectors. I would=20 back up all important data possible from it and replace it ASAP. Not sure what you mean by "the driver scanning for the bad blocks".