[afnog] (Fwd) Help disk errors

[Benjamin A. Eshun]

dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/null bs=512
dd: reading `/dev/sda': Input/output error
23707896+0 records in
23707896+0 records out

Is there anything else I can do apart from replacing the drive.

Benjamin
> 
>     scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 01 69 c0
>     f8 00 00 08 00 Apr 20 13:23:29 dean kernel: Info fld=0x169c0f8,
>     Current sda: sense key Medium Error Apr 20 13:23:29 dean kernel:
>     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted Apr 20 13:23:29 dean
>     kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 23707896 
> 
> it looks like a failing disk. you may want to back up and begin
> planning for a disk change. try and do a dd if=/dev/disk_slice
> of=/dev/null bs=512 and see if you get any errors on that.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Mike
> 
> Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one
> in a million chances happen 99% of the time.
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