From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263728AbTJCMY5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:24:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263729AbTJCMY5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:24:57 -0400 Received: from mail.midmaine.com ([66.252.32.202]:21653 "HELO mail.midmaine.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263728AbTJCMY4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:24:56 -0400 To: John Bradford Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CMD680, kernel 2.4.21, and heartache X-Eric-Conspiracy: There Is No Conspiracy References: <87brsybm41.fsf@loki.odinnet> <200310031159.h93BxfYm000758@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> From: Erik Bourget Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 08:23:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200310031159.h93BxfYm000758@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> (John Bradford's message of "Fri, 3 Oct 2003 12:59:41 +0100") Message-ID: <87lls2tspv.fsf@loki.odinnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org John Bradford writes: >> Some factors that are definitely NOT a problem: - Faulty run of drives. >> This has also happened to Hitachi 80GB drives in the same configurations. >> >> - Heat. They're in a chilly room. The cases haven't overheated. We've had >> guys checking this every few hours after the first one went bonkers. >> >> Possible problems - >> - Simple software problem that somebody can fix and save the day. :) >> - All Dell Poweredge 650 servers are broken. :/ > >> Oct 1 07:47:47 mailstore2-1 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady >> SeekComplete Error } Oct 1 07:47:47 mailstore2-1 kernel: hda: dma_intr: >> error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=37694874, high=2, low=4140442, >> sector=35220864 > > That is definitely an error from the drive. If you're absolutely sure > it's not a faulty batch of drives or a cooling issue, maybe you have > power supply problems? Does SMART give you any useful information? > > John. Not power supply problems; two of the machines that have this problem are located in different facilities even. What's SMART? Thanks, - Erik