At Mon, 18 May 2009 14:34:09 -0700 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > > on 5-18-2009 1:04 PM P.A spake the following: > > Hi recently I noticed in the messages log, the following error > > > > > > > > May 18 15:59:52 mail kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through > > > > May 18 15:59:52 mail kernel: sdb : READ CAPACITY failed. > > > > May 18 15:59:52 mail kernel: sdb : status=0, message=00, host=1, driver=00 > > > > May 18 15:59:52 mail kernel: sdb : sense not available. > > > > May 18 15:59:52 mail kernel: sdb: assuming Write Enabled > > > > May 18 15:59:52 mail kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through > > > > May 18 15:59:52 mail kernel: sdb:<3>Buffer I/O error on device sdb, > > logical block 0 > > > > May 18 15:59:52 mail kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 > > > > May 18 15:59:52 mail last message repeated 5 times > > > > May 18 15:59:52 mail kernel: unable to read partition table > > > > > > > > Iâm not sure what sdb is since its not listed on my partition table > > > > > > > > [root at mail srvadmin]# fdisk -l > > > > > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 109.1 GB, 109196476416 bytes > > > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 13275 cylinders > > > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > > > /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux > > > > /dev/sda2 14 13275 106527015 8e Linux LVM > > > > > > > > [root at mail srvadmin]# df -h > > > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > > > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 > > > > 99G 42G 52G 45% / > > > > /dev/sda1 99M 44M 51M 47% /boot > > > > none 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev/shm > > > > [root at mail srvadmin]# > > > > > > > > I looked at the hardware itself and all disk in this raid system are > > fine, my question is, is this something I need to worry about and what > > is causing this issue. > > > > Although everything looking fine, my messages log is full of sdb complaints. > > > > Does the system have memory card slots or a sd or cf reader? Some of those get > detected as a scsi drive, but fail like this. So do any removable SCSI or USB disk devices (Zip drives, Orb drives, etc.). Also any unformatted & unpartitioned USB mass storage devices will also do this. This could include USB thumb drives that have somehow lost their file system and/or partition table. > > Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkoR1FEACgkQRADw9lziUqSFqQCfbmvnU7QiS52OENvRc7W/Kgdu > lagAnA4NQ7TawhIAcFCkm3HGG7GMTPn7 > =hdcu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/