[wplug] Input/output error

[Vanco, Donald]

Ryan Brown wrote:
> Exact error..
> 
> I type just about any command such as ls, cp, reboot and I get
> input/out error returned to me.
> 
> It is a Tyan Dual Processor PIII machine with the latest bios and a
> new WD 160 GB 8 meg cache drive. I am running 2.4.20 kernel.

	So can we assume the rest of the OS is current (i.e. fstools, etc)?

> In dmesg I see.
> 
> Journalled Block Device driver loaded
> EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem.
> EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery.
> kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3-fs: ide0(3,3): orphan cleanup on readonly fs
> ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 81830
> ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 122584
> ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 122583
> ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 122582
> ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 122581
> ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 81724
> ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 122579
> ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 122578
> ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 122577
> ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 81706
> EXT3-fs: ide0(3,3): 10 orphan inodes deleted

	When is the last time you ran a complete fsck on this device / these
partitions?
	Is there any chance that the geometry your BIOS sees for this device
differs from what the kernel sees/sets?

	Can you, just for grins, run "hdparm -I"  (that's capital eye)
against this device and see if there's anything out of sorts?

	Have you done anything with hdparm WRT /etc/sysconfig/harddisks?

	What sort of filesystem activity does this drive / partition see?
Does it house a .jpg/.gif or .mp3/.ogg storehouse that sees a ton of
activity?

	Is partition 1 boot, partition 3 swap, and partition 3 /?

	Is this system exposed to the Internet without adequate protection?
EOL

> EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 156k freed
> EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,3), internal journal
> Adding Swap: 2097136k swap-space (priority -1)
> kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,1), internal journal
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org] On Behalf
> Of Vanco, Donald
> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 11:06 PM
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Subject: RE: [wplug] Input/output error
> 
> 
> You wouldn't care to bore us with details like exact error syntax,
> hardware involved (drive(s), mobo/controller chipset) or kernel rev,
> would you? Is the BIOS current?  The OS? Exotic kernel patches? Do
> you swap this drive routinely between boxen? When it spits these
> messages to you look at any of the logs?
> 
> Don
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Brown [mailto:wplug at tblive.com]
> Sent: Sun 8/24/2003 10:36 PM
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Cc:
> Subject: [wplug] Input/output error
> 
> 
> This is driving me crazy... I keep getting Input/output error errors
> when I run commands such as "ls", etc.
> 
> One would think the drive is bad but I know for sure it is not as I
> have used 3 different brand new drives on this machine and each is
> reporting the same problem. Also tried the one drive in another
> machine to make sure it wasn't the controller, ram, etc. The weird
> thing is... It happens every 7-10 days. If I reboot then it goes back
> to normal and all works fine for another 7-10 days before it starts
> saying Input/output error and I need to reboot it again, so something
> is definitely wrong. 
> 
> This is a RH 9 box running ext3.
> 
> Any suggestions on what to try?
> 
> Ryan