Multiple status: { DRDY ERR } errors

**Zeophlite** · August 2nd, 2010

I also tried

e2fsck -d -c -c -v -f /dev/sda1

then rebooting, but I keep getting the ata1.00 errors

**FuturePilot** · August 2nd, 2010

Do you have the desktop live CD? The server edition is just an installer and it doesn't have a lot of tools available as you can see (no fsck).

Also next time I have a power failure, how can I get it to fix itself automatically? I couldn't SSH into my server, and this lugging out monitors and keyboards is a pain.

If you can't connect to it there's really no other option.

**Zeophlite** · August 2nd, 2010

From ubuntu live CD:

Code:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fsck /dev/sda1
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
e2fsck 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)
/dev/sda1: clean, 204/124496 files, 35686/248832 blocks

Reboot still has same ata1.00 errors

**FuturePilot** · August 2nd, 2010

Hmmm. Well it doesn't appear to be file system corruption. If there was in fact a power surge then I would start suspecting a hardware problem. Perhaps try unplugging and replugging everything inside the server. Sometimes that has some magical effect.

**Zeophlite** · August 3rd, 2010

Okay so now I tried using smartmontools - I'm trying to follow http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html

Code:

sudo smartctl -t short /dev/sda1
...
sudo smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda1
...
Num	Test_Description	Status				Remaining	LifeTime(hours)		LBA_of_first_error
# 1	Short offline		Completed: read failure		90%		317			541835248
sudo fdisk -lu /dev/sda1

Disk /dev/sda1: 254 MB, 254803968 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30 cylinders, total 497664 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk Identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/sda1 doesn't contain a valid partition table

I note that the LBA_of_first_error matches this line:
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 541835248

Now when I try this though:

Code:

sudo fdisk -lu /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk Identifier: 0x00051561

   Device	Boot	Start		End		Blocks		Id	System
/dev/sda1	*	2048		499711		248832		83	Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2		501758		625141759	312320001	5	Extended
/dev/sda5		501760		625141759	312320000	8e	Linux LVM

Now I'm unsure what to do to resolve my problem.

**stlsaint** · August 3rd, 2010

I just had a laptop running windows give those same errors at my job and it turned out to be a bad harddrive. I suggest backing up all your data ASAP and then try fixing drive maybe with something like hirens boot disc. In my situation the drive was literally unreadable so i had am in the process of trying out forensics on the drive.

**Zeophlite** · August 8th, 2010

Well I can still access all my data, so I doubt that its a broken hard drive - the hard drive is a high quality one, and its only several months old.

Unplugging everything did not have the desired magical effect.

I posted a Bug report here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/613880

It has several log files.

**ian dobson** · August 8th, 2010

Hi,

Have you tried replacing your wiring? I was getting { DRDY ERR } errors from my RAID5 array until I replaced all the sata cables.

Regards
Ian Dobson