Re: [Xen-users] Major problems with 2.0.7 and SATA drives

[Steven Ellis <mail_lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ralph Passgang wrote:

> Hi,
>
> ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> ata1: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>
> this is usually a warning that only comes if the harddrive is really broken 
> (and cannot read/write some blocks). I saw this message a lot in the last 
> time and every time the diskdrive was really broken. But I never saw this in 
> on a xen host. So maybe it's _only_ a xen problem and not a hw problem, but 
> you should check.
> To be sure you should check the harddrive with a special testing tool. All 
> major companies that sell harddrive have their own tool. I guess WD has a 
> similar tool anywhere on their webpage.
>  
Have a try with ultimatebootcd (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/). It 
contains a bootable form of most of the various manufacturer's HD tools 
on one handy CD along with a bootable Linux for debugging. Amazingly 
useful tool.
Steve

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