[CentOS] EXT3-fs error (devive dm-0) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted

Alfred von Campe

alfred at 110.net
Wed Aug 2 13:34:06 UTC 2006


It's time to resurrect this thread from way back in June.  The  
problem in the subject line has reared its ugly head again, but this  
time with a twist that makes it much worse.  A little refresher on  
what was happening back then.  Every so often the root file system  
would be remounted read-only, with the error in the subject line  
appearing over and over again on the console.

Lately, this has been happening every 10-14 days, and I would have to  
reboot my system.  Since the root file system was not writable, no  
error messages were logged in /var/log/messages.  So I configured  
syslog to write messages to another system as well, and this time I  
have captured some errors (see below).  BTW, this is a SATA drive.

What makes it much worse this time, is that the system won't boot!   
When I try to boot now I get the following error over and over again:

   ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/40 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0x3/11/04

HELP!  Is there anything I can do to recover this system?

Alfred


Here are the first 50 lines from /var/log/messages (including the  
first occurrence of the error in the subject line)

Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: command 0x35 timeout, stat  
0xb7 host_stat 0x21
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: translated ATA stat/err  
0xb7/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: status=0xb7 { Busy }
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code =  
0x8000002
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Current sda: sense key Aborted Command
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Additional sense: Scsi parity error
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda,  
sector 224365
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0xB7 on port 0x1F7
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 last message repeated 2 times
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: command 0x35 timeout, stat  
0xb7 host_stat 0x21
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: translated ATA stat/err  
0xb7/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: status=0xb7 { Busy }
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code =  
0x8000002
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Current sda: sense key Aborted Command
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Additional sense: Scsi parity error
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda,  
sector 233795925
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-0,  
logical block 29198337
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on  
dm-0
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0xB7 on port 0x1F7
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 last message repeated 2 times
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: command 0x35 timeout, stat  
0xb7 host_stat 0x21
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: translated ATA stat/err  
0xb7/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: status=0xb7 { Busy }
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code =  
0x8000002
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Current sda: sense key Aborted Command
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Additional sense: Scsi parity error
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda,  
sector 224373
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-0,  
logical block 1893
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on  
dm-0
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0xB7 on port 0x1F7
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 last message repeated 2 times
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Aborting journal on device dm-0.
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: command 0x35 timeout, stat  
0xb7 host_stat 0x21
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: translated ATA stat/err  
0xb7/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: status=0xb7 { Busy }
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code =  
0x8000002
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Current sda: sense key Aborted Command
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Additional sense: Scsi parity error
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda,  
sector 172585309
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-0,  
logical block 21547010
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on  
dm-0
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0xB7 on port 0x1F7
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 last message repeated 2 times
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ext3_abort called.
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-0):  
ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: ata1: command 0x35 timeout, stat  
0xb7 host_stat 0x21
Aug  1 18:57:04 balboa01 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-0) in  
start_transaction: Journal has aborted
Aug  1 18:57:34 balboa01 kernel: ata1: command 0x35 timeout, stat  
0xb7 host_stat 0x21
Aug  1 18:57:34 balboa01 kernel: ata1: translated ATA stat/err  
0xb7/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00



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