From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932071AbWLaAMF (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:12:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932078AbWLaAMF (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:12:05 -0500 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:42245 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932071AbWLaAME (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:12:04 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:12:01 +0000 From: Al Viro To: Rik van Riel Cc: Alexander Nagel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: new harddrive with media error Message-ID: <20061231001201.GT17561@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <4596F760.9010105@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4596F760.9010105@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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...