On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 23:58 -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 19:57 -0700, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> > I am getting occasional seek error on my boot drive.
> > The messages are as follows:
> >
> > pshda: dma_intr: status = 0x51 { Drive ReadySeekComplete Error }
> > hda: dma_intr: error= 0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> > ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>
> I've recently seen similar errors on an old server here, and all my
> Googling seems to indicate an early sign of imminent drive failure.
>
> Some people reported resolving the issue by making changes to DMA
> settings with hdparm, or changing something in the BIOS. However, in
> most cases, the recommendations were:
>
> 1. Backup data, ASAP, and wait for failure before moving to new disk
> 2. Use fdisk to map out the bad sectors.
> 3. Get a new HD, ASAP.
I used these errors as a good reason to buy a bigger drive and the new
drive had the same error messages. After testing with seagates tool, I
can find no problem with either drive. I disable dma as a temporary
solution, but I think it is not a drive fault in my case. Do back up :)