I should get the patent on HDD errors

[Basher52]

Just finished fixing one HDD and now another got trashed
it was working perfectly until about 3 hours ago, when i saw huge amount
of data in the dmesg, here's "some" of it...

th1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805be.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 7782 dirty entry 7778.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008003c. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008003e.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 5598 dirty entry 5594.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008003c.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 4783 dirty entry 4779.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008003c.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea. (queue head)
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 3890 dirty entry 3886.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 8916 dirty entry 8912.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000800ec. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008003c.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805be.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805be.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 2506 dirty entry 2502.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008004e.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008004e.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008004e. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008004e.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 10362 dirty entry 10358.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 00080042.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008003c.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008059a. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 00080042.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 8187 dirty entry 8183.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008003c.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008003c.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008003c.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805d4. (queue head)
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 12401
EXT3-fs error (device hdd1): ext3_find_entry: reading directory #2 offset 0
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 12401
EXT3-fs error (device hdd1): ext3_readdir: directory #2 contains a hole at offset 0
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 6632 dirty entry 6628.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008004e. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008004e.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008004e.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 12401
EXT3-fs error (device hdd1): ext3_readdir: directory #2 contains a hole at offset 0
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 2682 dirty entry 2678.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 00080042. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 12401
EXT3-fs error (device hdd1): ext3_readdir: directory #2 contains a hole at offset 0
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 4411 dirty entry 4407.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000800ec.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 00080042. (queue head)
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 12401
EXT3-fs error (device hdd1): ext3_readdir: directory #2 contains a hole at offset 0
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 12401
EXT3-fs error (device hdd1): ext3_readdir: directory #2 contains a hole at offset 0
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 12401
EXT3-fs error (device hdd1): ext3_readdir: directory #2 contains a hole at offset 0
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 12401
EXT3-fs error (device hdd1): ext3_readdir: directory #2 contains a hole at offset 0
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 12789 dirty entry 12785.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008003c. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 19909 dirty entry 19905.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008004e.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 00080056. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805b8.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008004e.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 2728 dirty entry 2724.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008003c. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 12449
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 1556
lost page write due to I/O error on hdd1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 16148 dirty entry 16144.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008004e. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 00080042.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008004e.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008004e.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 11962 dirty entry 11958.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 00080042.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 00080042.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805c2. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008004e.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 2498 dirty entry 2494.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008004e.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008004e.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 00080042. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008004e.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 4450 dirty entry 4446.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008003c.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008003c.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008003c.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 2616 dirty entry 2612.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805ea. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008004e.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008004e.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 1
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 0
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 9
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 1
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 17
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 2
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 25
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 3
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 33
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 4
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 41
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 5
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 49
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 6
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 57
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 7
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 65
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 8
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 73
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 9
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 81
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 10
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 89
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 11
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 97
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 12
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 105
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 13
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 113
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 14
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 121
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 15
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 1
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 0
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 65
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 8
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 1
FAT: unable to read boot sector
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 5767 dirty entry 5763.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 00080586.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 00080586. (queue head)
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 5050 dirty entry 5046.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008003c.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008056a.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008005a. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805d6.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 2775 dirty entry 2771.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000800d0.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea. (queue head)
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 6395 dirty entry 6391.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805e2.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805e2. (queue head)
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 7020 dirty entry 7016.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805d4. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 1
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 0
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 9
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 1
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 17
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 2
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 25
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 3
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 33
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 4
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 41
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 5
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 49
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 6
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 57
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 7
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 65
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 8
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 73
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 9
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 81
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 10
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 89
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 11
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 97
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 12
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 105
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 13
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 113
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 14
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 121
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 15
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 1
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 0
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 65
Buffer I/O error on device hdd1, logical block 8
end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 1
FAT: unable to read boot sector
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 17779 dirty entry 17775.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805d4.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 00080042.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea. (queue head)
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 1966 dirty entry 1962.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008004e.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008004e.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008004e. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 0008004e.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 1981 dirty entry 1977.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 1652 dirty entry 1648.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805ea. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 13044 dirty entry 13040.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 0008004e. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 0008004e.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 0008004e.
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
eth1: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000 c07f media 80.
eth1: Tx queue start entry 2454 dirty entry 2450.
eth1: Tx descriptor 0 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 1 is 000805ea.
eth1: Tx descriptor 2 is 000805ea. (queue head)
eth1: Tx descriptor 3 is 000805ea.
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1


it sure looks like i have bad blocks on the eth1 and only half duplex on the HDD...lol

when i after this and a restart of the whole computer, did a fdisk /dev/hdd
it didnt even know what device it was, so it feel like the HDD is no more,
probably hardware error.

ill see what i can do with this, but i guess all data is gone... AGAIN

[caveman]

It may be the disk......

But then - check the controller and cable... lotsa problems sometimes
hide there..
Is it a SMART drive? and did it give any errors?
An 80 core cable gave me endless problems until I replaced it
purely as a very last resort!

Another thing that took a while to figure out was faulty memory..
it works - it doen't work - it works.... etc. and in the meantime you
keep on losing the data on the drives.

To date the controller drivers (as far as I know) don't have advanced
diags to check the controller/cable for something like parity errors.

[Basher52]

after i came home last night and i powered it up again, the device appeared to function, but had 5 or 6 small errors that was corrected.
but while i was doing this i did a fsck on all drives and found some small error on another drive too.
then i came to the drive that i lost all my superblocks before, and now THIS drive count be opened, not even with fdisk.

so i thoguht, ah well, ill ask the guru at work, but this morning, witout poweroff or anything(just been unmounted during night) it started working
and wirh no erros at all.
one idea the guru told me and that he once has, was that the powersupply was too "small", so last night i changed it and moves disks to and external powersource.

it seems it all works now... well at least before the weekend

thanks for all suggestions and help

//B52

[Basher52]

OK... Part... hmm cant even remember the partno

this time one whole partition has gone missing, cant see it in /dev
when trying to mount it:

[root@FTP private]# ./fstab.mount
mount: special device /dev/sdc2 does not exist

listing /deb these are theonly HDDs shown:

[root@FTP private]# ls /dev/
hdc1, hdc2, hdd, hdd1, sda, sda1, sda2, sdb, sdb1, sdc,
hda, sdc1, hda1, sdd, hda2, sdd1, hda3, hda4, hdb, hdc

Im missing /dev/sdc2 which is partition2 on sdc.

i lost it when i rebooted after installing the latest patches, and it seems that whenever i reboot all my diskproblems occur.
the same with the probmes before.
untill i reboot, they all work fine, but after a reboot, it by by

anyone cracking this nut

[Tux]

Are your drives getting warm?

[Basher52]

no, not specially.
and since sdc2 is on the same HDD as sdc1, this makes it more wierd, for me anyways

[caveman]

SCSI drives ?

Are you sure the terminators are connected and doing their job?

Just a thought that crossed my mind when I realised you're maybe
using scsi drives.

Know it might just be blowing smoke - but it seems weird to
lose a partition on a drive like that.

[Basher52]

no, they aint SCSI, but they are emulated as such.
these are SATA drives on a separate SATA card

[dishawjp]

Maybe it's improper hard drive maintenance. These two articles give some great tips on HD maintenance

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/05/bbsp ... drive.html

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/05/bbsp ... drive.html

Sorry, just remembered these while reading about your problem, and thought maybe you could use a laugh.

Jim

[Basher52]

lol

i tried that and it didnt help either