[ale] uh...huston we have i/o problems

[RIBBON]

On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, michael mcdermott wrote:

> anyone know how to fix this:
> 
> hda: read_intr:status=0x59 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error}
> hda: read_intr:error=-x40 {UncorrectableError}, LBAsect=7878181, sector=180230
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00, sector 180230
> Error reading block 90115 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in
> short read) while reading inode and block bitmaps.


	The cause of this error is just because your hard disk has a lot
Bad sectors. As far as i know, you can not fix this error even you used
fsck utility or other stuff or even you re-installed your Linux box. A low
level formatting would not also recover this error. I think, the only
option is to replace your hard disk with a new one and used that spare
hard disk with DOS or Windows installed. But make sure you "mark" all the
Bad sector using NDD utility. I think old NDD can do this, i don't know
about the new one. :)

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> 
> I am getting hundreds of them.
> 
> I have done everything I can think of short of low level formatting (which I
> cannot do/figure out how to do) to get rid of these, I am getting hundreds of
> them.
> fsck cant fix them (thats the output above) 
> Its starting to irritate me, I even backuped up a clone of the machine 
> mkfsed the partition and restore it and I still get those damned errors. I can't
> boot normally like this and its getting pretty bad.
> 
> 
> I have had this since I had to stop short because a damned festiva cut me off
> and the laptop hit the floor. 
> 
> anyone got any ideas? If I have to lowlevel the thing to get rid of it, I am
> going to send the laptop in to have the drive replaced under warranty after a
> backup, this is not a happy thing. the last time I did this they didnt
> reassemble the computer correctly and the keyboard still isn't attached
> correctly..
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Of course the void is nothinginess. By knowing things that exist,
> you can know that which does not exist. That is the void. 
>                           -Shinmem Musashi, The Book of the Void.
>