Re: Disk problems with Slackware 14.1 and WD EIDE drives

Jostein Berntsen wrote:
> On 02.02.15,13:41, Bob McConnell wrote:
>> Jostein Berntsen wrote:
>>> 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
>>
>> I get a lot of data, but I haven't been able to interpret it well enough to
>> know if it is useful. Where can I got an explanation of what all of this
>> means?
>>
>> Bob McConnell
>> N2SPP
> 
> These seems like typical bad block errors which can mean that the disk is
> not well. See this for more information on what you can check:
> 
> http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html
> 
> Jostein

If that is the case, the hard part will be to find a replacement drive. 
Anybody know where I can get some new IDE drives?

Thank you,

Bob McConnell
N2SPP