[plug] DMESG Output

Daniel Pearson daniel at flashware.net
Tue Jun 27 23:31:43 WST 2006 

Ok, I grabbed the package from backports and dpkg'd that and its now 
installed.

The output of smartctl --all /dev/hda is:

smartctl version 5.36 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 
Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     ST3200827A
Serial Number:    4ND3FTYA
Firmware Version: 3.AAH
User Capacity:    200,049,647,616 bytes
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   7
ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:    Tue Jun 27 23:26:38 2006 WST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82)    Offline data collection activity
                    was completed without error.
                    Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (  25)    The self-test routine was 
aborted by
                    the host.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:          ( 430) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                    Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                    Suspend Offline collection upon new
                    command.
                    Offline surface scan supported.
                    Self-test supported.
                    No Conveyance Self-test supported.
                    Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data before entering
                    power-saving mode.
                    Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
                    General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (  70) minutes.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      
UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   108   099   006    Pre-fail  
Always       -       143754591
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   100   099   000    Pre-fail  
Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   
Always       -       12
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  
Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   065   060   030    Pre-fail  
Always       -       3188788
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   
Always       -       166
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  
Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   
Always       -       16
187 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   
Always       -       0
189 Unknown_Attribute       0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   
Always       -       0
190 Unknown_Attribute       0x0022   066   064   045    Old_age   
Always       -       589299746
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   034   040   000    Old_age   
Always       -       34 (Lifetime Min/Max 0/13)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   054   048   000    Old_age   
Always       -       150532189
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   
Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   
Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   
Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   
Offline      -       0
202 TA_Increase_Count       0x0032   100   253   000    Old_age   
Always       -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  
LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%       
166         -
# 2  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%       
166         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.



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Craig Foster wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au 
>> [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf Of Daniel Pearson 
>> Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2006 10:23 PM
>> To: plug at plug.org.au
>> Subject: [plug] DMESG Output
>>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Have been having a look through my dmesg and I get the following:
>> [285227.084587] hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 
>> [285237.076070] hda: DMA timeout error [285237.082256] hda: 
>> dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete 
>> DataRequest } [285237.096202] ide: failed opcode was: unknown 
>> [285237.134045] hda: status error: status=0x50 { DriveReady 
>> SeekComplete } [285237.141990] ide: failed opcode was: 
>> unknown [285237.149855] hda: no DRQ after issuing 
>> MULTWRITE_EXT [285237.262284] hda: status timeout: 
>> status=0xd0 { Busy } [285237.270447] ide: failed opcode was: 
>> unknown [285237.278920] hda: no DRQ after issuing 
>> MULTWRITE_EXT [285237.325854] ide0: reset: success 
>> [285257.318815] hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 
>>     
> <snip>
>   
>> Having a google doesn't really provide a whole heap of info, 
>> its a new drive (200gb Seagate). Has anyone come across this 
>> before? Running kernel  2.6.15-23-amd64-server - distro is 
>> Ubuntu-server
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Daniel Pearson
>> Flashware Solutions ABN 58 438 456 919
>> Mob: 0438 118 897  |  Email: daniel at flashware.net 
>> <mailto:daniel at flashware.net> 
>>     
> <snip>
>
> Three issues I've seen...
>
> 1) IDE cables.
>      Swap and try again
> 2) DMA set too high
>      Seagates seem to suffer the most for me... ***Cautiously test***
> the DMA settings, Multiword, and transfer speed settings on hdparm.
> 3) Drive failure
>      smartctl is your friend... It will query the drive to see if the
> drive reports having difficulties... What most hard drive testing utils
> do.
>      Download the bootable CD from seagate to test the drive. It runs
> linux, so it should be pretty on the ball.
>
> HTH
>
> CraigF.
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