[ale] harddrive errors

[John Wells]

Guys,

Recently purchased a Seagate Barracuda IDE drive from CompUSA for use in a
software RAID-1 array.  Set it up this weekend along with LVM, and
everything was beautiful.  However, this morning I noticed that it appears
to have failed (mdadm reports only one drive currently operable). 
/var/log/messages shows the following:
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Jun  4 18:55:20 localhost kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
SeekComplete Error }
Jun  4 18:55:21 localhost kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 {
UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=152235058, high=9, low=1240114,
sector=152235058
Jun  4 18:55:21 localhost kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Jun  4 18:55:21 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector
152235058
Jun  4 18:55:21 localhost kernel: ^IOperation continuing on 1 devices
Jun  4 18:55:21 localhost kernel: RAID1 conf printout:
Jun  4 18:55:21 localhost kernel:  --- wd:1 rd:2
Jun  4 18:55:21 localhost kernel:  disk 0, wo:1, o:0, dev:hda1
Jun  4 18:55:21 localhost kernel:  disk 1, wo:0, o:1, dev:hde1
Jun  4 18:55:21 localhost kernel: RAID1 conf printout:
Jun  4 18:55:21 localhost kernel:  --- wd:1 rd:2
Jun  4 18:55:21 localhost kernel:  disk 1, wo:0, o:1, dev:hde1
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I'm not very familiar with Linux harddrive error messages, so I'm
uncertain if this is an occasional expectation or if this is an indication
that the Seagate (/dev/hda) drive is bad.  I'm still within the time I can
return it, so this would be valuable knowledge.

I'm googling currently, but if any seasoned drive gurus out can give me a
definitive answer I'll really appreciate it.

Thanks!
John