Linux with AHA-2940AU die everyday

[Doug Ledford]

Rimen Wong wrote:
> 
> I have a server running Linux 2.0.35 patched with
> aic7xxx-5.1.0-pre8-2.0.35.patch. It got one AHA-2940AU connecting to
> two 6G FireBall harddisks and one external HP DAT-24 Tape. The machine
> is dead everyday with the following output, and I have to spend
> half an hour to reboot it cause it fscks all the disks. Does anyone have
> any idea?
> 
> Sep  3 15:39:31 solar kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 retu
> rn code = 26030000
> Sep  3 15:39:31 solar kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:11, sector 8585340, abs
> olute sector 8585403
> Sep  3 15:39:31 solar kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:11): ext2_read_inode: una
> ble to read inode block - inode=1073420, block=4292670
> Sep  3 15:39:31 solar kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 retu
> rn code = 26030000
> Sep  3 15:39:31 solar kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:11, sector 8880582, abs
> olute sector 8880645
> Sep  3 15:39:31 solar kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:11): ext2_read_inode: una
> ble to read inode block - inode=1111608, block=4440291
> Sep  3 15:39:31 solar kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 retu
> rn code = 26030000
> Sep  3 15:39:31 solar kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:11, sector 11288700, ab
> solute sector 11288763
> Sep  3 15:39:31 solar kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:11): ext2_write_inode: un
> able to read inode block - inode=1411337, block=5644350

This really sounds like a drive with a few bad sectors causing problems each
night.  Try getting into the Adaptec BIOS and running a verify media
operation on the drive (Ctrl-A, then Disk Utilities, then select the drive
at ID 6, then Verify Media).  If it gives you any messages about fixed
problems, then run that command over again until the messages all go away
and it completes successfully.

-- 

 Doug Ledford  <dledford at dialnet.net>
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