kernel errors in log/messages

[Kurt Wall]

On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 10:33:10AM -0500, Tim Wunder took 90 lines to write:
> 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 }

Your hard drive is preparing to go south...

Kurt
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