[plug] disk error on boot up

[William Kenworthy]

check/swap the cable first ...

BillK

On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 13:27 +0800, Jon Miller wrote:
> Damn, This was a new drive not even 2 months old and never used before.  Only way to find out is to remove it and try it on another system.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> >>> blinken at gmail.com 03/22/06 20:01 PM >>>
> On 3/23/06, Jon  Miller <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au> wrote:
> > When booting up a SLES9 OES server I'm seeing the following errors:
> <snip>
> > Can someone point me in the right direction.
> > the missing disk and partition is intact from looking at the partition table.
> 
> In my experience, repeated messages like:
> 
> hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdc: command error: error=0x54
> end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 8388600
> 
> mean that your drive (hdc) has died. I may be wrong, but it doesnt
> look good to me. You might get these errors on specific areas of the
> drives in some cases, meaning you can read the partition table but the
> drive is still borked.
> 
> Possibly your IDE (if thats what you're using) bus may have died
> instead, but my money's on the drive. Correct me if I'm wrong, anyone.
> 
> If you need the data off it, apparently sticking it in a sealed
> plastic bag then chucking them both in the freezer overnight will get
> you about 30 minutes of extra runtime, enough to get some data off.
> I've only heard it third-hand, though, so it may not work at all, and
> watch out for condensation on the drive when you fire it up :)
> 
> -Patrick
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