kernel errors in log/messages

[Tim Wunder]

On Saturday 18 December 2004 10:48 am, someone claiming to be Net Llama! 
wrote:
> On 12/18/2004 07:33 AM, Tim Wunder wrote:
> > Using FC3 (kernel 2.6.9-1.681_FC3) with XFS filesystem on an old K6-500
> > system with a fairly new Seagate 80 GB HDD.
> > I'm trying to copy a couple websites over from one server to another
> > using tar, and when untar'ing the file, I keep getting errors like this:
> >
> > tar: pn/html/parameters/Sports/modules/NS-Banners/lang/eng: Cannot mkdir:
> > Input/output error
> >
> > /var/log/messages has the following:
> > Dec 18 10:19:04 jeeves kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> > SeekComplete Error }
> > Dec 18 10:19:04 jeeves kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40
> > { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=96175142, high=5, low=12289062
> > , sector=96175142
> > Dec 18 10:19:04 jeeves kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> > Dec 18 10:19:04 jeeves kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector
> > 96175142
> > Dec 18 10:19:04 jeeves kernel: I/O error in filesystem ("hda8") meta-data
> > dev hda8 block 0x49b7c10       ("xfs_trans_re
> > ad_buf") error 5 buf count 4096
> > Dec 18 10:19:08 jeeves kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> > SeekComplete Error }
> > Dec 18 10:19:08 jeeves kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40
> > { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=70408902, high=4, low=3300038,
> >  sector=70408902
> > Dec 18 10:19:08 jeeves kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> > Dec 18 10:19:08 jeeves kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector
> > 70408902
> > Dec 18 10:19:08 jeeves kernel: I/O error in filesystem ("hda8") meta-data
> > dev hda8 block 0x31252b2       ("xfs_trans_re
> > ad_buf") error 5 buf count 512
> > Dec 18 10:19:12 jeeves kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> > SeekComplete Error }
> > Dec 18 10:19:12 jeeves kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40
> > { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=96175142, high=5, low=12289062
> > , sector=96175142
> > Dec 18 10:19:12 jeeves kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> > Dec 18 10:19:12 jeeves kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector
> > 96175142
> > Dec 18 10:19:12 jeeves kernel: I/O error in filesystem ("hda8") meta-data
> > dev hda8 block 0x49b7c10       ("xfs_trans_re
> > ad_buf") error 5 buf count 4096
> > Dec 18 10:19:16 jeeves kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> > SeekComplete Error }
> >
> > FWIW:
> > # hdparm /dev/hda
> >
> > /dev/hda:
> >  multcount    = 16 (on)
> >  IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
> >  unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
> >  using_dma    =  1 (on)
> >  keepsettings =  0 (off)
> >  readonly     =  0 (off)
> >  readahead    = 256 (on)
> >  geometry     = 16383/255/63, sectors = 80026361856, start = 0
> >
> > # hdparm -i /dev/hda
> >
> > /dev/hda:
> >
> >  Model=ST380013A, FwRev=3.06, SerialNo=5JV8TL2L
> >  Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
> >  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
> >  BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> >  CurCHS=4047/16/255, CurSects=16511760, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
> >  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> >  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> >  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> >  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4 udma5
> >  AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
> >  Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2:
> >
> >  * signifies the current active mode
> >
> > Any idea what's going on?
>
> Your drive is dying?  Try running xfs_repair on the unmounted partition
# xfs_repair /dev/hda8
Phase 1 - find and verify superblock...
superblock read failed, offset 26384621568, size 2048, ag 4294967295, rval 6

fatal error -- Input/output error

# xfs_check /dev/hda8
can't read superblock for ag 6
can't read btree block 9/1
block 9/8 expected type free1 got unknown
block 9/9 expected type free1 got unknown
block 9/10 expected type free1 got unknown
block 9/11 expected type free1 got unknown
block 9/12 expected type free1 got unknown
... ad infinitum

> and see if that helps any, but at this point, hope you have backups of
> whatever is important on that drive.

As the drive is only 6 months old, and placed in a server that is not live 
yet, no important data is there. It's still under warranty, so I'll send it 
back for replacement.

Thanks, 
Tim

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