From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753367AbWL3XeB (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:34:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754416AbWL3XeA (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:34:00 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:40435 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753367AbWL3XeA (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:34:00 -0500 Message-ID: <4596F760.9010105@redhat.com> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:33:52 -0500 From: Rik van Riel Organization: Red Hat, Inc User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061008) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Nagel CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: new harddrive with media error References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. -- Politics is the struggle between those who want to make their country the best in the world, and those who believe it already is. Each group calls the other unpatriotic.