[SGVLUG] hd errors in /var/log/message

[Christopher Smith]

James Neff wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am seeing this in my /var/log/message:
>
> May 11 04:05:59 private-gateway kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { 
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> May 11 04:05:59 private-gateway kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { 
> UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=79957639, sector=79957632
> May 11 04:05:59 private-gateway kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> May 11 04:05:59 private-gateway kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 
> hda, sector 79957632
>
>
> It only occurs at the time 4:05am when my daily crontab runs.  Also, 
> it is always the same sector.
>
> Should I be concerned or take any action at this time?
Congrats, you have a bad sector on your disk.

As to whether you should be concerned about this... that's up to you. ;-)

--Chris