Matty, Here are the logs for today. I waited a few days just to be sure (as Maciej said) that my /var/log/messages was not getting old info. Dec 8 04:05:27 mail kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Dec 8 04:05:27 mail kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 6018821 Dec 8 04:05:31 mail kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } Dec 8 04:05:31 mail kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=6018827, sector=6018821 Dec 8 04:05:31 mail kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Dec 8 04:05:31 mail kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 6018821 Dec 8 04:05:45 mail kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } Dec 8 04:05:45 mail kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=6234661, sector=6234661 Dec 8 04:05:45 mail kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Dec 8 04:05:48 mail kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest seems that the controller is bad. so the motherboard is bad. On 12/7/06, Matty <matty91 at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Erick Perez Panama Sistemas Integradores de Telefonia IP y Soluciones Para Centros de Datos Panama, Republica de Panama Cel Panama. +(507) 6694-4780 ------------------------------------------------------------