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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Ross Fawcett <claymen@parkingdenied.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sata_sil24 problems
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:42:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46BA7F0F.4000009@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46BA7CFB.8020605@parkingdenied.com>

Ross Fawcett wrote:
> What would you define a media error as though? I mean my first thought
> is a bad block, but a scan of the disc doesn't report anything like
> that. It also seems to be intermittent, however recently it has been
> reproducible.

It's not mine to define.  It's precisely what your device is reporting, 
no more, no less.

My -guess- would be surface error, quickly replaced by a spare sector, 
but who knows.

Run the '-t long' test in SMART, look at the various counters for signs 
of bad news like uncorrectable sectors, etc.

	Jeff




      reply	other threads:[~2007-08-09  2:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-09  1:31 sata_sil24 problems Ross Fawcett
2007-08-09  2:24 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-08-09  2:33   ` Ross Fawcett
2007-08-09  2:42     ` Jeff Garzik [this message]

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