Re: Disk problems with Slackware 14.1 and WD EIDE drives

On 02.02.15,12:30, Bob McConnell wrote:
> I have two computers with WD IDE drives running Slackware 14.1. Both of them
> have been giving me the same set of error messages which don't make any
> sense to me. Can anyone tell me what is going on with them?
> 
> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369664] ata1.00: configured for
> UDMA/100
> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369690] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Unhandled
> sense code
> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369694] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda]
> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369700] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda]
> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369709]         72 03 11 04 00 00 00
> 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369720]         00 11 3c bf
> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369725] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda]
> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369731] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369767] ata1: EH complete
> 
> 
> The disk specs are
> 
> Model Family:     Western Digital Caviar Blue EIDE
> Device Model:     WDC WD3200AAJB-00WGA0
> 
> The most troublesome is running the huge kernel on a Pentium 4. (Dell
> Optiplex GX240). Most of the resulting file system errors show up in sda2,
> which is the /usr partition. Several applications are no longer functional,
> so it appears to be losing active sectors to this error.
> 
> My biggest question is why is there an unhandled code? Shouldn't this kernel
> know how to handle all of the status codes the disk can generate?
> 

Can you run "smartctl -a /dev/sda" and see if you get some more useful
information then?

Jostein