OS Error on Boot

Wed Jul 8 22:14:08 UTC 2009

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Wade Smart wrote:
> Wade Smart wrote:
>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>>     You should run from your login to the point you get to:
>>>
>>> $ fsck /dev/sdb6
>>>
>>> This will correct any errors it can and either end normally, or it will
>>> tell you where your hard disk is bad.
>>>
>>>
>>> 73 Karl
>> 20090708 1604 GMT-5
>>
>> I ran the command, it exited and the computer rebooted.
>> Im back at my mail client typing this instead of webmail but, everything 
>> is running very slow. Apps open very slow. Clicking on a email takes a 
>> while for it to show on the screen.
>>
>> Looking at the syslog there is the last thing written:
>>
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.937290] ata2.00: status: { DRDY 
>> ERR }
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.937292] ata2.00: error: { UNC }
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953856] ata2.00: configured for 
>> UDMA/100
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953880] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 
>> Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953884] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense 
>> Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor]
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953890] Descriptor sense data 
>> with sense descriptors (in hex):
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953892]         72 03 11 04 00 
>> 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953901]         08 7a bd 66
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953905] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. 
>> Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953911] end_request: I/O error, 
>> dev sdb, sector 142261606
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953934] ata2: EH complete
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.954451] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 
>> 398297088 512-byte hardware sectors (203928 MB)
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.956329] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
>> Protect is off
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.956333] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode 
>> Sense: 00 3a 00 00
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.958282] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
>> cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.958701] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 
>> 398297088 512-byte hardware sectors (203928 MB)
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.958977] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
>> Protect is off
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.958980] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode 
>> Sense: 00 3a 00 00
>> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.959393] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
>> cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 20090708 1652 GMT-5
> 
> On top of the above Im getting slower and slower response from my system 
> and this is in the syslog:
> 
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.891052] ata2.00: status: { DRDY 
> ERR }
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.891054] ata2.00: error: { UNC }
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart dovecot: IMAP(wadesmart): copy: 
> i_stream_read() failed: Input/output error
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908249] ata2.00: configured for 
> UDMA/100
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908278] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 
> Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908282] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense 
> Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor]
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908287] Descriptor sense data 
> with sense descriptors (in hex):
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908290]         72 03 11 04 00 
> 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908299]         08 7a bd 66
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908303] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. 
> Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed


	This looks like another HD error AFTER you ran fsck which means your
hard drive is still going bad fast.


> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908308] end_request: I/O error, 
> dev sdb, sector 142261606
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908334] ata2: EH complete
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.910284] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 
> 398297088 512-byte hardware sectors (203928 MB)
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.910963] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
> Protect is off
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.910969] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode 
> Sense: 00 3a 00 00
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.950204] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
> cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.950594] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 
> 398297088 512-byte hardware sectors (203928 MB)
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.950896] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
> Protect is off
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.950901] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode 
> Sense: 00 3a 00 00
> Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.952520] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
> cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> 
> 
	Sorry but it sounds like at least one and maybe two serious hardware
failures on your computer. I would replace the hard drive first and
reload and then check for a RAM problem.

	Is it possible that lightning hit your computer?


73 Karl


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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
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