Should I worry about those boot error messages?

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Should I worry about those boot error messages?

#1 Post by donde »

I don't know how long this has been going on, but I see lots of errors. close to end of boot. Using Puppy 2.01r2, and booting from LiveCD with no apparent problems that I see in operation. HD has 3 partitions, 2 at 5GB ext2, and one 500 MB Linux Swap. A few day ago, I had a "jamed" condition where mouse/keyboard disabled. Had to do a hard shutdown with power button. Tried to restart, and it could not find HD, and came up like a fresh install. Tried again, same thing. Noticed CD took a very long time to pickup boot. Tried a fdisk on /dev/hda. Got "could not open". Decided to look at BIOS on machine. Did not see anything unusual. After a few times of doing the above, it finally "came back". CD booted quickly, everything came back like I had before. Am able to to re-boot, and start from cold.
Below is the beginning of the errors I see from dmesg.

hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=1624472, high=0, low=1 624472, sector=1624463
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 1624463
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=1624472, high=0, low=1 624472, sector=1624471
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 1624471
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=1624472, high=0, low=1 624472, sector=1624471
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 1624471
Buffer I/O error on device loop1, logical block 149121
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=1624472, high=0, low=1 624472, sector=1624471
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 1624471
Buffer I/O error on device loop1, logical block 149121
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=1624472, high=0, low=1 624472, sector=1624471
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 1624471
Buffer I/O error on device loop1, logical block 149121
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=1624472, high=0, low=1 624472, sector=1624471
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 1624471
Buffer I/O error on device loop1, logical block 149121
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=1624472, high=0, low=1 624472, sector=1624471
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 1624471
Buffer I/O error on device loop1, logical block 149121
mtrr: 0xd8000000,0x2000000 overlaps existing 0xd8000000,0x800000
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
sh-3.00#

I need to know what to do. Also I always see the warning about e2fsck
(File system not checked) N ot sure what thsi means.

Don

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#2 Post by Flash »

Geeks put those messages there to scare people. If Puppy runs ok then don't worry about them.

donde
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Boot errors

#3 Post by donde »

flash says "Don't worry about them"

I think I saw that general answer before. As a follow up, I can select from 2 pup_save.3fs, one for 2.01r2 or 2.02. I booted up 2.02 and correct pup_save, and see no boot errors. So, I guess the pup_save for 2.02r2 has some sort of corruption. I suppose still don't worry?
Don

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#4 Post by Flash »

Does Puppy run ok despite the error messages?

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#5 Post by donde »

Flash says
Does Puppy run ok despite the error messages?
Meant to say:
So, I guess the pup_save for 2.01r2 has some sort of corruption.

And the and the answer seems to be yes. So, I'm done!

Thanks, Don

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