From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-130529-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1RLeR6-0004kM-OA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:17:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9239121C084; Wed, 2 Nov 2011 17:17:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f181.google.com (mail-gx0-f181.google.com [209.85.161.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28D9B21C049 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 2 Nov 2011 17:16:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnp2 with SMTP id p2so439643ggn.40 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:16:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=laLl9qHUQIBLOnXqL/4wwH/Zw3quwshzbAOMtIgZW74=; b=mqHqTa/U4hFAc+qnXeExH8DYNWdJw1OqBvfBOm88LnNsNSytXDY5U0mfLGAsmtKj44 pR9BBxvPmwlW1SscbiU1o1yuoe4LlYWtchJOK6Q3gfLWy0VlKoIkJs354j7eFedbpWk/ nvGvHN3xU84lsEiBd8CpVeHIX0fYkuYDGBzCc= Received: by 10.236.124.76 with SMTP id w52mr8555688yhh.51.1320254164590; Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:16:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-89-228.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.89.228]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i50sm4999454yhk.11.2011.11.02.10.16.03 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:16:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4EB17AD2.1090208@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:16:02 -0500 From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111022 Firefox/7.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.4.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Does this drive need a funeral? References: <4EB04146.8030207@gmail.com> <4EB09A16.4050608@gmail.com> <CA+hid6EusU1_uObW9Usb9b-CJd88bLnoa23yq9xve7pH1xe+nA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA+hid6EusU1_uObW9Usb9b-CJd88bLnoa23yq9xve7pH1xe+nA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 172185fc-bc7f-43ee-b69e-ae095a19d7c8 X-Archives-Hash: fa098d2a81a612d65d15e6c3b88416b3 James Broadhead wrote: > On 2 November 2011 01:17, Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote: >> Dale wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> For the first time in my life, I think I have a drive failing on me. Here >>> is the info: >>> >>> <<<< SNIP>>>> >>> >>> What you folks think? Can I fix it somehow? I got a good shovel handy >>> just in case. >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) :-) >>> >> Nov 1 19:08:09 localhost kernel: ata4.01: status: { DRDY } >> Nov 1 19:08:14 localhost kernel: ata4: link is slow to respond, please be >> patient (ready=0) >> Nov 1 19:08:19 localhost kernel: ata4: device not ready (errno=-16), >> forcing hardreset >> Nov 1 19:08:19 localhost kernel: ata4: soft resetting link > I have RMA'd many drives upon seeing errors like this. I eventually > tracked it down to a faulty SATA cable. :-/ > > Well, this one does it with two different cables and it is IDE. I have to admit tho, I was hoping it would work fine after I brought it down here and put it in my rig where it used to be. I even checked the jumper to make sure it was set right. I love grasping at straws tho. Dale :-) :-)