From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Nagel <feuerschwanz76@web.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: new harddrive with media error
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:12:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061231001201.GT17561@ftp.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4596F760.9010105@redhat.com>
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 06:33:52PM -0500, Rik van Riel wrote:
> Alexander Nagel wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >i installed a new drive (WDC WD5000KS-00M) in my computer and installed
> >WinXP on it. Afterwards i installed Debian etch on the second one
> >(HDS722512VLSA80). Everything works fine so far, but during every boot i
> >get following messages in dmesg [1]
> >Kernel [2] is 2.6.18 as default kernel in etch.
> >the board is a asusboard with via chipset [3]
> >The problem is that the boottime is very long, for every "media error" ~
> >3 sec. :-(
>
> That's because your hard disk has errors.
>
> Maybe not on the whole disk, but some parts of the disk are
> certainly broken. It's a good thing you discovered this so
> soon after installation, and are not relying on it yet with
> all your personal data.
>
> You'll want to exchange the disk for one without media errors.
>From the look of it, I'd say that it's size reported by disk being
more than what's accessible. Take a look at the block numbers...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-31 0:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-30 22:44 new harddrive with media error Alexander Nagel
2006-12-30 23:33 ` Rik van Riel
2006-12-31 0:12 ` Al Viro [this message]
2007-01-01 4:21 ` Tejun Heo
2007-01-01 16:01 ` Alexander Nagel
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