<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Did you try running a SMART test?</div></div></blockquote><div><br><div><div><div>Well, the drive /dev/sdb failed the smart test. It was
one of the emails I received on vacation. Then it was mounted as
read-only. Then I brilliantly rebooted the machine and it hung until I
returned home. I wasn't getting much sleep for most of the time I was there and I did that one morning before reading all of the emails I had received from my server. The vacation was really excellent otherwise!<br><br></div>I just put it in the external adapter and I can't seem to access the drive at all now from a different machine /dev/sdd.<br><br></div><div>My hard drive went on a diet and is now 4.14 GB as you can see in the first few lines below.<br></div><div><br>fdisk: cannot open /dev/sdd: Input/output error<br>[root@htpc ~]# dmesg | grep sdd<br>[ 16.570678] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] 8089950 512-byte logical blocks: (4.14 GB/3.85 GiB)<br>[ 16.573035] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off<br>[ 16.573039] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00<br>[ 16.575039] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA<br>[ 16.584031] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 16.584036] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 16.584039] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 16.584042] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 16.584052] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 0<br>[ 16.584055] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 0, async page read<br>[ 16.588031] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 16.588036] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 16.588039] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 16.588041] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 16.588050] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 2<br>[ 16.588053] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 1, async page read<br>[ 16.592030] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 16.592034] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 16.592037] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 16.592039] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 16.592048] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 4<br>[ 16.592051] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 2, async page read<br>[ 16.596029] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 16.596033] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 16.596036] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 16.596039] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 16.596048] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 6<br>[ 16.596050] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 3, async page read<br>[ 16.600030] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 16.600034] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 16.600037] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 16.600039] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 16.600048] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 0<br>[ 16.600051] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 0, async page read<br>[ 16.604029] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 16.604033] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 16.604036] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 16.604038] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 16.604047] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 2<br>[ 16.604050] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 1, async page read<br>[ 16.608028] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 16.608032] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 16.608035] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 16.608037] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 16.608047] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 4<br>[ 16.608049] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 2, async page read<br>[ 16.612028] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 16.612032] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 16.612035] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 16.612037] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 16.612047] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 6<br>[ 16.612049] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 3, async page read<br>[ 16.616031] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 16.616036] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 16.616039] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 16.616042] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 16.616051] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 0<br>[ 16.616054] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 0, async page read<br>[ 16.620033] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 16.620038] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 16.620041] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 16.620044] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 16.620053] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 2<br>[ 16.620056] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 1, async page read<br>[ 16.692033] Dev sdd: unable to read RDB block 0<br>[ 16.724059] sdd: unable to read partition table<br>[ 16.731035] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk<br>[ 61.493218] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 61.493222] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 61.493225] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 61.493227] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 61.493239] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 0<br>[ 61.493245] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 0, async page read<br>[ 61.497212] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 61.497217] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 61.497220] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 61.497222] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 61.497232] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 2<br>[ 61.497235] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 1, async page read<br>[ 61.501210] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 61.501215] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 61.501218] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 61.501220] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 61.501229] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 4<br>[ 61.501232] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 2, async page read<br>[ 61.501235] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 3, async page read<br>[ 61.505211] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 61.505216] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 61.505219] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 61.505221] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 61.505230] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 0<br>[ 61.505233] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 0, async page read<br>[ 61.509209] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 61.509214] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 61.509217] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 61.509219] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 61.509228] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 2<br>[ 61.509232] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 1, async page read<br>[ 61.513210] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 61.513214] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 61.513217] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 61.513220] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 61.513229] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 4<br>[ 61.513232] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 2, async page read<br>[ 61.513234] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 3, async page read<br>[ 82.928717] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 82.928724] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 82.928727] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 82.928730] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 82.928740] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 0<br>[ 82.928744] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 0, async page read<br>[ 82.932712] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 82.932717] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 82.932720] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 82.932722] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 82.932732] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 2<br>[ 82.932735] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 1, async page read<br>[ 82.936717] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 82.936722] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 82.936725] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 82.936728] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 82.936738] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 4<br>[ 82.936742] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 2, async page read<br>[ 82.936745] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 3, async page read<br>[ 82.940709] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 82.940714] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 82.940717] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 82.940719] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 82.940729] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 0<br>[ 82.940732] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 0, async page read<br>[ 82.944711] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 82.944716] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 82.944719] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 82.944721] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 82.944731] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 2<br>[ 82.944734] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 1, async page read<br>[ 82.948712] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 82.948717] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 82.948719] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 82.948722] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 82.948731] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 4<br>[ 82.948735] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 2, async page read<br>[ 82.948738] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 3, async page read<br>[ 82.959709] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 82.959714] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 82.959717] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 82.959719] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 82.959730] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 0<br>[ 82.959734] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 0, async page read<br>[ 82.963709] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 82.963714] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 82.963717] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 82.963720] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 82.963729] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 2<br>[ 82.963732] Buffer I/O error on dev sdd, logical block 1, async page read<br>[ 82.967707] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 82.967712] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 82.967714] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 82.967717] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 82.967726] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 4<br>[ 82.971708] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>[ 82.971712] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]<br>[ 82.971715] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error<br>[ 82.971718] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: <br>[ 82.971727] blk_update_request: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 0<br>[ 83.040709] Dev sdd: unable to read RDB block 0<br>[ 83.064709] sdd: unable to read partition table<br></div><br></div>It
may have spun for a week in that failed state. I have never let a
drive die in that fashion before. Usually, I'm around to cut off the
power to the system.<br><br>I am fairly certain that the drive is toast as in melba. Should I look into alternative medicine now or just put a pillow over its head? :)<br><br></div><div>Jerry<br></div></div></div></div>