On 12/7/06, Erick Perez <eaperezh at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, yesterday my linux machine gave me some smartd errors so i checked > the disk in another machine and it had defective sectors, I installed > a new hard disk on the original machine. > Today this is being reported in logwatch. > I have a Maxtor (200gig) as hda, a cdrom as hdc and another hard disk > that is used for storage as hdd. All plain IDE (not sata) > > --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------ > > > WARNING: Kernel Errors Present > end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector...: 216 Time(s) > hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { Uncorrect...: 216 Time(s) > hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }...: 216 Time(s) Did you run an enxtended SMART self test on the drive? If two disk drives are reporting errors, I would start to wonder if the controller isn't at fault. The SMART self test should help with isolating the faulty component. Thanks, - Ryan -- UNIX Administrator http://prefetch.net