Hard Drive Very Slow
le...@debian.box
drive(/dev/hdb) and RH9 is installed on (/dev/hda)
Can anyone tell me what the heck is wrong with hdb
I went to single user mode with "telinit 1"
Did:
hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 1212 MB in 2.00 seconds = 606.00 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 80 MB in 3.02 seconds = 26.49 MB/sec
hdparm -tT /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 1216 MB in 2.00 seconds = 608.00 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 2 MB in 5.30 seconds = 386.42 kB/sec
Note: If run several times hdb will sometimes go up to about 1.5MB/sec
No part of hda was mounted
hdb was mounted as
hdb1 /
hdb2 swap
hdb3 /home
here is the output from hdparm -I for both drives
/dev/hda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: Maxtor 33073H3
Serial Number: L3HXM7GC
Firmware Revision: YAH814Y0
Standards:
Used: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 0
Supported: 6 5 4 3
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 60032448
device size with M = 1024*1024: 29312 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 30736 MBytes (30 GB)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
bytes avail on r/w long: 57 Queue depth: 1
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0x0000)
Recommended acoustic management value: 192, current value: 192
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* NOP cmd
* READ BUFFER cmd
* WRITE BUFFER cmd
* Host Protected Area feature set
* Look-ahead
* Write cache
* Power Management feature set
* SMART feature set
* Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
SET MAX security extension
Advanced Power Management feature set
* DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
HW reset results:
CBLID- above Vih
Device num = 0 determined by the jumper
Checksum: correct
/dev/hdb:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: Maxtor 54098H8
Serial Number: K80BYX1C
Firmware Revision: DAC10SC0
Standards:
Used: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 0
Supported: 6 5 4 3
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 80041248
device size with M = 1024*1024: 39082 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 40981 MBytes (40 GB)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
bytes avail on r/w long: 57 Queue depth: 1
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0x0000)
Recommended acoustic management value: 192, current value: 192
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* NOP cmd
* READ BUFFER cmd
* WRITE BUFFER cmd
* Host Protected Area feature set
* Look-ahead
* Write cache
* Power Management feature set
* SMART feature set
* Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
SET MAX security extension
Advanced Power Management feature set
* DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
HW reset results:
CBLID- above Vih
Device num = 1 determined by the jumper
Checksum: correct
Any help at all will be greatly appreciated
Lenny
Kilroy
> I have 2 Hard Drives installed. I am using Debian on the active
> drive(/dev/hdb) and RH9 is installed on (/dev/hda)
>
> Can anyone tell me what the heck is wrong with hdb
>
>
> /dev/hdb:
>
> ATA device, with non-removable media
> Model Number: Maxtor 54098H8
> Serial Number: K80BYX1C
> Firmware Revision: DAC10SC0
> LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
> bytes avail on r/w long: 57 Queue depth: 1
> Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
> R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
> Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0x0000)
> Recommended acoustic management value: 192, current value: 192
> DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
The * on udma5 means UDMA is enabled, so chipset is supported (which one?)
But it's almost 20 times slower than should be (3MB/s vs about 55MB/s)
I had the same problem on a brand new maxtor 120G . It was defective.
Smartctl gives some strange numbers in some areas. Compare the
two disks and tell us.
le...@debian.box
I am trying to find some more specs on these drives now.
> The * on udma5 means UDMA is enabled, so chipset is supported (which one?)
Yes udma5 is enabled on both drives.
"So chipset is supported (which one?)"
I'm not sure what you mean by which one.
> Smartctl gives some strange numbers in some areas. Compare the
> two disks and tell us.
I can't get smartctl with apt-get so I will try to find the source and use
that.
I believe I have SMART disabled in bios I will have to check to make sure.
I also want to boot into RH9 on hda and run hdparm from there to see if
there is any difference. I'll have more info later today but it will be a
few hours.
Thanks Kilroy
Lenny
lpl...@adelphia.net
Andreas Janssen
Kilroy (<du...@uno.theory.av>) wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:34:20 -0500, lenny wrote:
>
>> I have 2 Hard Drives installed. I am using Debian on the active
>> drive(/dev/hdb) and RH9 is installed on (/dev/hda)
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what the heck is wrong with hdb
>>
>> /dev/hdb:
>>
>> ATA device, with non-removable media
>> Model Number: Maxtor 54098H8
>> Serial Number: K80BYX1C
>> Firmware Revision: DAC10SC0
>>
>> LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
>> bytes avail on r/w long: 57 Queue depth: 1
>> Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
>> R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
>> Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0x0000)
>> Recommended acoustic management value: 192, current value: 192
>> DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
>
> The * on udma5 means UDMA is enabled, so chipset is supported (which
> one?) But it's almost 20 times slower than should be (3MB/s vs about
> 55MB/s)
No, the "*" means that if DMA is enabled, udma 5 will be used:
sirius:/home/andreas# hdparm -d0 /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
setting using_dma to 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
sirius:/home/andreas# hdparm -I /dev/hda | grep udma
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
Use
# hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hdb
to see which parameters are actually set for the drives.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
--
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andreas...@bigfoot.com
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Registered Linux User #267976
Kilroy
>
> I am trying to find some more specs on these drives now.
>> The * on udma5 means UDMA is enabled, so chipset is supported (which one?)
>
> Yes udma5 is enabled on both drives.
>
> "So chipset is supported (which one?)"
> I'm not sure what you mean by which one.
>
I mean, as root type lspci -vv and tell us. Or describe your
motherboard.
Or show the dmesg output.
>
>> Smartctl gives some strange numbers in some areas. Compare the
>> two disks and tell us.
>
> I can't get smartctl with apt-get so I will try to find the source and use
> that.
> I believe I have SMART disabled in bios I will have to check to make sure.
> I also want to boot into RH9 on hda and run hdparm from there to see if
> there is any difference. I'll have more info later today but it will be a
> few hours.
>
No need of fiddling with bios, just run smartctl twice in that case
and it will be enabled anyway.
I would bet on a hardware problem, as I stated before.
Does this drive make strange noise from time to time, or starts
spinning for a minute without reason (recalibrating, that is?)
here is a sample of what I meant before:
[root@uno bad]# hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.49 seconds =261.22 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.15 seconds = 55.65 MB/sec
[root@uno bad]# hdparm -tT /dev/hdc
/dev/hdc:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.59 seconds =216.95 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 2.02 seconds = 31.68 MB/sec
with two almost identical disks (maxtoro 80G and 120G)
And from smartctl:
hda (good one)
201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always -
16
202 TA_Increase_Count 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always -
0
203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x000b 253 252 180 Pre-fail Always -
13
hdc (bad)
201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 250 000 Old_age Always -
121
202 TA_Increase_Count 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always -
0
203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x000b 253 252 180 Pre-fail Always -
112
see the difference? The bad one retries a read 10 times more than
a healthy one.
> Thanks Kilroy
>
> Lenny
> lpl...@adelphia.net
You're welcome
P.S. backup your data!
John-Paul Stewart
>
> I can't get smartctl with apt-get
Sure you can. It's part of the "smartmontools" package. Just 'apt-get
install smartmontools' and you'll have it.
le...@debian.box
head is sent to one side from time to time. It has also been in several
boxes with varied motherboards etc. It has probably seen more than it's
share of bumps and bangs and had many OS's installed on it.
Here is some info if you would like to look at it anyway. If not then it's
no big deal I believe I got my moneys worth out of it and will probably
replace it soon before it dies when I least expect it.
**I changed location of hdb to hdd since previous posts.
hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hdd
/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 3736/255/63, sectors = 60032448, start = 0
========
/dev/hdd:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 4982/255/63, sectors = 80041248, start = 0
========
smartctl -a /dev/hdd
Device: Maxtor 54098H8 Supports ATA Version 6 Drive supports S.M.A.R.T.
and is disabled Use option -e to enable
smartctl -a /dev/hda
Device: Maxtor 33073H3 Supports ATA Version 6 Drive supports S.M.A.R.T.
and is disabled Use option -e to enable
**I tried smartctl -e /dev/hda and then smartctl -a /dev/hda again. Same
response.
Motherboard:
AOpen
AK77-333
You asked for it.
lspci -vv
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo
KT266/A/333]
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr-
DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Region
0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities:
[a0] AGP version 2.0
Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW-
AGP3- Rate=x1,x2 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit-
FW- Rate=<none>
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333
AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr-
DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Bus:
primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 BridgeCtl:
Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- Capabilities: [80]
Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:06.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50) (prog-if 00
[UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller Control: I/O+
Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR-
FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32
bytes) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 4: I/O ports at d000
[size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA
PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:06.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50) (prog-if 00
[UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller Control: I/O+
Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR-
FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32
bytes) Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 10 Region 4: I/O ports at d400
[size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA
PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:06.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) (prog-if
20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID): Unknown device 1234
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr-
DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32, Cache
Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes) Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 10 Region 0:
Memory at e8010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities:
[80] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA
PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:08.0 VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3 (rev
01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo3 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster-
SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status:
Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort-
>SERR- <PERR+ Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M] Region
1: Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Region 2: I/O
ports at d800 [size=256] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
[size=64K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 08)
Subsystem: Ensoniq Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI64V, AudioPCI128
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr-
DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (3000ns
min, 32000ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: I/O ports
at dc00 [size=64] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video
Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV Series Control: I/O- Mem+
BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 10000ns max) Interrupt:
pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at e8011000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [4c] Power Management
version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture
(rev 11)
Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV Series Control: I/O- Mem+
BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (1000ns min, 63750ns max) Interrupt:
pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at e8012000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [4c] Power Management
version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: AOPEN Inc.: Unknown device 0027 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+
SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status:
Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max) Interrupt:
pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at e000 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at e8013000
(32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [50] Power Management
version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA
PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge Control: I/O+ Mem+
BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
(prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE Control:
I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping-
SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 0
Region 4: I/O ports at e400 [size=16] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management
version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 23) (prog-if 00
[UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller Control: I/O+
Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR-
FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32
bytes) Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 10 Region 4: I/O ports at e800
[size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 23) (prog-if 00
[UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller Control: I/O+
Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR-
FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32
bytes) Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 10 Region 4: I/O ports at ec00
[size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0
PME-
**********
dmesg
Linux version 2.4.24-1-k7 (herbert@gondolin) (gcc version 3.3.2 (Debian))
#1 Wed Jan 7 00:47:47 EST 2004 BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable) BIOS-e820:
000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) BIOS-e820:
00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) BIOS-e820:
0000000000100000 - 000000001fff0000 (usable) BIOS-e820: 000000001fff0000
- 000000001fff3000 (ACPI NVS) BIOS-e820: 000000001fff3000 -
0000000020000000 (ACPI data) BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 -
0000000100000000 (reserved)
0MB HIGHMEM available.
511MB LOWMEM available.
ACPI: have wakeup address 0xc0001000
On node 0 totalpages: 131056
zone(0): 4096 pages.
zone(1): 126960 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
ACPI: RSDP (v000 AOPEN ) @ 0x000f64f0
ACPI: RSDT (v001 AOPEN AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x1fff3000
ACPI: FADT (v001 AOPEN AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x1fff3040
ACPI: DSDT (v001 AOPEN AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000c) @ 0x00000000
Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/hdd1 vga=0x31a Local APIC disabled by
BIOS -- reenabling. Found and enabled local APIC! Initializing CPU#0
Detected 1809.355 MHz processor.
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 3604.48 BogoMIPS Memory: 512108k/524224k
available (1187k kernel code, 11728k reserved, 451k data, 112k init, 0k
highmem) Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) Mount cache
hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) Buffer cache hash table
entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) Page-cache hash table entries:
131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D
cache 64K (64 bytes/line) CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line) Intel
machine check architecture supported. Intel machine check reporting
enabled on CPU#0. CPU: After generic, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000
00000000 CPU: Common caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000 00000000
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+ stepping 00 Enabling fast FPU save and
restore... done. Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
enabled ExtINT on CPU#0
ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000 ESR value after enabling
vector: 00000000 Using local APIC timer interrupts. calibrating APIC timer
...
..... CPU clock speed is 1809.2613 MHz. ..... host bus clock speed is
268.0387 MHz. cpu: 0, clocks: 2680387, slice: 1340193
CPU0<T0:2680384,T1:1340176,D:15,S:1340193,C:2680387> mtrr: v1.40
(20010327) Richard Gooch (rgo...@atnf.csiro.au) mtrr: detected mtrr type:
Intel
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20031002
ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb470, last bus=1 PCI: Using
configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: ACPI tables contain no PCI IRQ routing entries PCI: Probing PCI
hardware (bus 00)
PCI: Using IRQ router VIA [1106/3147] at 00:11.0 Linux NET4.0 for Linux
2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 Initializing RT
netlink socket
Starting kswapd
VFS: Disk quotas vdquot_6.5.1
devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgo...@atnf.csiro.au) devfs:
boot_options: 0x0
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with HUB-6 MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT
SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01
at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks
of 4096K size 1024 blocksize Initializing Cryptographic API NET4: Linux
TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes TCP: Hash tables
configured (established 32768 bind 65536) Linux IP multicast router 0.06
plus PIM-SM RAMDISK: cramfs filesystem found at block 0 RAMDISK: Loading
3504 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk...
| / - \ | / - \ | / - \ | / -
\ | / - \ | / - \ | / - \ | /
- \ | / - \ | / - \ | / - \ |
/ - \ | / - \ | / - \ | / - \
| / - \ | / - \ | / - \ | / -
\ | / - \ | / - \ | / - \ | /
- \ | / - \ | / - \ | / - \ |
/ - \ | / - \ | / - \ | / - \ |
/ - \ | / - \ | / - \ | / - \
| / - \ | / - \ | / - \ | / -
\ | / - \ | / - \ | / - \ | /
- \ | / - \ | / - \ | / - \ |
/ - \ | / - \ | / - \ | / - \
| / - \ | / - \ | / - \ | / -
\ | / - \ | / - done.
Freeing initrd memory: 3504k freed
VFS: Mounted root (cramfs filesystem). Freeing unused kernel memory: 112k
freed vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe6000000, mapped to 0xe081c000, size 5120k
vesafb: mode is 1280x1024x16, linelength=2560, pages=5 vesafb: protected
mode interface info at c000:7e6b vesafb: scrolling: redraw vesafb:
directcolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0 Console: switching to colour
frame buffer device 160x64 fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device NET4: Unix
domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE
driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for
PIO modes; override with idebus=xx ide: late registration of driver.
VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:11.1 VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide: Assuming 33MHz
system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx VP_IDE: VIA
vt8233a (rev 00) IDE UDMA133 controller on pci00:11.1
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xe400-0xe407, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1:
BM-DMA at 0xe408-0xe40f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: Maxtor 33073H3, ATA DISK drive
hdb: DVDROM 10X, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive blk: queue e0d3a2c0, I/O limit
4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX140E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: Maxtor 54098H8, ATA DISK drive
blk: queue e0d3a850, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) ide0 at
0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: 60032448 sectors (30737 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=59556/16/63,
UDMA(100) hdd: attached ide-disk driver. hdd: 80041248 sectors (40981 MB)
w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=79406/16/63, UDMA(100) Partition check:
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [PTBL] [3736/255/63] p1 p2
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0: [EZD] [remap 0->1] [4982/255/63] p1 p2
p3
Journalled Block Device driver loaded hda: attached ide-disk driver. hda:
60032448 sectors (30737 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=3736/255/63, UDMA(100)
hdd: attached ide-disk driver. hdd: 80041248 sectors (40981 MB) w/2048KiB
Cache, CHS=4982/255/63, UDMA(100)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0:
p1 p2 p3
ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide1(22,65) Adding Swap: 489972k
swap-space (priority -1) Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e parport0: PC-style
at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP] parport0: irq 7 detected parport0:
Printer, EPSON Stylus COLOR 740 lp0: using parport0 (polling). 8139too
Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0b.0
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe0dce000, 00:48:54:87:ec:9a, IRQ 11 eth0:
Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C' es1371: version v0.32 time 01:27:30
Jan 7 2004 PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:09.0 PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with
00:06.1
es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x1371 revision 0x08
es1371: found es1371 rev 8 at io 0xdc00 irq 10 es1371: features: joystick
0x0
ac97_codec: AC97 codec, id: TRA35 (TriTech TR A5) SCSI subsystem driver
Revision: 1.00
hdb: attached ide-scsi driver.
spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
hdc: attached ide-scsi driver.
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
Vendor: DVDROM 1 Model: 0X Rev: 40 Type: CD-ROM
ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Vendor: SONY Model:
CD-RW CRX140E Rev: 1.0n Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 01:30:31 Jan 7 2004 usb-uhci.c: High
bandwidth mode enabled PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:06.0 PCI: Sharing
IRQ 11 with 00:0a.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:0a.1
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd000, IRQ 11 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:06.1
PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:09.0
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd400, IRQ 10 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:11.2
PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:11.3
PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:06.2
PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:08.0
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xe800, IRQ 10 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:11.3
PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:11.2
PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:06.2
PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:08.0
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xec00, IRQ 10 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4 hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver hub.c:
new USB device 00:11.2-1, assigned address 2 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 4
ports detected
hub.c: new USB device 00:11.2-1.2, assigned address 3 usb.c: USB device 3
(vend/prod 0x46d/0x870) is not claimed by any active driver. eth0: link
up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1 ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter
core team hub.c: new USB device 00:11.2-1.1, assigned address 4 usb.c: USB
device 4 (vend/prod 0x781/0x2) is not claimed by any active driver.
Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 ok...@monad.swb.de). apm: BIOS version
1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16) [drm] Initialized tdfx 1.0.0 20010216
on minor 0 mtrr: base(0xe6000000) is not aligned on a size(0x4000000)
boundary
Kilroy
> I believe it is time for a new drive. Yes it does make a clunk like the
> head is sent to one side from time to time. It has also been in several
> boxes with varied motherboards etc. It has probably seen more than it's
> share of bumps and bangs and had many OS's installed on it.
>
> Here is some info if you would like to look at it anyway. If not then it's
> no big deal I believe I got my moneys worth out of it and will probably
> replace it soon before it dies when I least expect it.
>
OK so we see that:
- your chipset is a via KT266, well supported
- the DMA on the drive is on
- dmesg shows no particular problem on the system
For smartctl, use man. You can read, among other things:
-s VALUE, --smart=VALUE
Enables or disables SMART on device. The valid arguments to
this option are on and off. Note that the command '-s on' (per-
haps used with with the '-o on' and '-S on' options) should be
placed in a start-up script for your machine, for example in
rc.local or rc.sysinit. In principle the SMART feature settings
are preserved over power-cycling, but it doesn't hurt to be
sure. It is not necessary (or useful) to enable SMART to see the
TapeAlert messages.
i.e. smartctl -s on /dev/whatever will switch it on,
then smartctl -a /device for info on device.
Please post the output.
In any case experience suggests that neither smart nor specific software
from hd vendor (e.g. maxblast) will spot every problem on the drive.
As a personal note, googling around I discovered that more recent drives,
from say 80G onwards, any brand, start to show some strange
speed or noise behaviour that were unusual on older generations.
le...@debian.box
-------------------------
/*OK so we see that:
- your chipset is a via KT266, well supported
- the DMA on the drive is on
- dmesg shows no particular problem on the system
i.e. smartctl -s on /dev/whatever will switch it on,
then smartctl -a /device for info on device.
Please post the output.*/
------------------------
I had a bad version of smartctl.
The commands were nothing like what you stated
I have installed the package recomended by
John-Paul Stewart in a prevoius post.
Thanks John-Paul
Here is the output of smartctl -a for /dev/hda and /dev/hdd
hdd is the one I am having problems with.
********
smartctl -a /dev/hdd
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: Maxtor 54098H8
Serial Number: K80BYX1C
Firmware Version: DAC10SC0
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 6
ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 0
Local Time is: Wed Jan 28 10:24:41 2004 EST
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: (0x02) Offline data collection activity was
completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x1b) 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.
No Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x00) Error logging NOT supported.
No General Purpose Logging support.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 30) minutes.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 2448131621138
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 178 176 063 Pre-fail Always - 99
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 549
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 243 243 063 Pre-fail Always - 26
6 Read_Channel_Margin 0x0001 253 253 100 Pre-fail Offline - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000a 248 246 000 Old_age Always - 21474894481
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0027 252 247 187 Pre-fail Always - 173405009851432
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 244 244 000 Old_age Always - 200969
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 223 Pre-fail Always - 90
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 223 Pre-fail Always - 85
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 252 252 000 Old_age Always - 706
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0008 199 199 000 Old_age Offline - 27576
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 413498
201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 248 000 Old_age Always - 940598100242
202 TA_Increase_Count 0x000a 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 2018634891538
203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x000b 251 246 180 Pre-fail Always - 5862630621458
204 Shock_Count_Write_Opern 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 262418
205 Shock_Rate_Write_Opern 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 262418
207 Spin_High_Current 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 90
208 Spin_Buzz 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 90
209 Offline_Seek_Performnce 0x0024 228 214 000 Old_age Offline - 153
96 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
97 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
98 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
99 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
100 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
101 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
Warning: device does not support Error Logging
Warning: device does not support Self Test Logging
*******************
smartctl -a /dev/hda
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: Maxtor 54098H8
Serial Number: K80BYX1C
Firmware Version: DAC10SC0
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 6
ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 0
Local Time is: Wed Jan 28 10:24:41 2004 EST
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: (0x02) Offline data collection activity was
completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x1b) 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.
No Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x00) Error logging NOT supported.
No General Purpose Logging support.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 30) minutes.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 2448131621138
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 178 176 063 Pre-fail Always - 99
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 549
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 243 243 063 Pre-fail Always - 26
6 Read_Channel_Margin 0x0001 253 253 100 Pre-fail Offline - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000a 248 246 000 Old_age Always - 21474894481
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0027 252 247 187 Pre-fail Always - 173405009851432
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 244 244 000 Old_age Always - 200969
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 223 Pre-fail Always - 90
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 223 Pre-fail Always - 85
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 252 252 000 Old_age Always - 706
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0008 199 199 000 Old_age Offline - 27576
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 413498
201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 248 000 Old_age Always - 940598100242
202 TA_Increase_Count 0x000a 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 2018634891538
203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x000b 251 246 180 Pre-fail Always - 5862630621458
204 Shock_Count_Write_Opern 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 262418
205 Shock_Rate_Write_Opern 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 262418
207 Spin_High_Current 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 90
208 Spin_Buzz 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 90
209 Offline_Seek_Performnce 0x0024 228 214 000 Old_age Offline - 153
96 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
97 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
98 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
99 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
100 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
101 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
Warning: device does not support Error Logging
Warning: device does not support Self Test Logging
le...@debian.box
Is it necessary to run any tests before I can get any meaningful data?
All I did was
smartctl -s on /dev/hdd
smartctl -a /dev/hdd
Kilroy
May I suggest to go to http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
download and compile the current version ?
Bruce Allen
> ********
> smartctl -a /dev/hdd
>
> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
> Device Model: Maxtor 54098H8
> Serial Number: K80BYX1C
> Firmware Version: DAC10SC0
> *******************
> smartctl -a /dev/hda
>
> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
> Device Model: Maxtor 54098H8
> Serial Number: K80BYX1C
> Firmware Version: DAC10SC0
Please notice that /dev/hda and /dev/hdd are IDENTICAL drives! If
this is NOT a typo on your part, it could be an indication of what's
wrong.
Check the way that your drives are jumpered. You should probably
jumper the
primary drive on each IDE connector (hda, hdc) as master and the
secondary
drive on each IDE connector (hdb, hdd) as slave. Also, if it's easy,
replace
the 80-conductor 40-pin cable used with the 'bad' drive.