Re: [smartmontools-support] Smartmontools pass without error, but disks have error messages

[Bruce A. <ba...@gr...>]

Agreed.  BadCRC normally indicates bad cabling.


On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Justin Piszcz wrote:

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> On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Steve Morton wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm running two identical Intel systems with Fedora Core 3 and Seagate 160 GB notebook hard drives. I've run the long smartctl test, and both machines pass without errors.
>>
>> But, every day, starting about 4 AM for no obvious reason, I get a series of disk errors, for example:
>>
>> Sep 3 04:03:50 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Sep 3 04:03:50 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>> Sep 3 04:03:50 -001 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>> Sep 3 04:14:35 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Sep 3 04:14:35 -08072007-001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>> Sep 3 04:14:35 -001 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>> Sep 3 04:31:02 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Sep 3 04:31:02 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>> Sep 3 04:31:02 -001 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>> Sep 3 04:34:00 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Sep 3 04:34:00 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>> Sep 3 04:34:00 -001 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>> Sep 3 04:35:09 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Sep 3 04:35:09 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>> Sep 3 04:35:09 -001 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>>
>> -- snip --
>>
>> Sep 4 04:07:20 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Sep 4 04:07:20 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>> Sep 4 04:07:20 -001 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>> Sep 4 04:09:39 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Sep 4 04:09:39 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>> Sep 4 04:09:39 -001 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>> Sep 4 04:10:59 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Sep 4 04:10:59 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>> Sep 4 04:10:59 -001 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>> Sep 4 04:19:48 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Sep 4 04:19:48 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>> Sep 4 04:19:48 -001 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>> Sep 4 04:29:31 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Sep 4 04:29:31 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>> Sep 4 04:29:31 -001 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>> Sep 4 05:01:02 -001 crond(pam_unix)[19385]: session opened for user root by (uid=0)
>> Sep 4 05:01:02 -001 crond(pam_unix)[19385]: session closed for user root
>> Sep 4 05:23:29 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Sep 4 05:23:29 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>> Sep 4 05:23:29 -001 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>> Sep 4 05:26:32 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Sep 4 05:26:32 -001 kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>> Sep 4 05:26:32 -001 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>>
>> Both machines are continually recording video surveillance to disk, but I don't know of anything special about any time of day.
>>
>> What do these errors mean and how do you suggest I resolve them ?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Steve Morton, CEO, CTO
>
> I would try replacing the cables to start.
>
> Justin.
>
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