Chicken or the egg

[peter a]

Today while trying to move files from one drive to another , the one connected to the Esata port was constantly resetting , I`ve not had this problem before !!!

Jan 22 13:30:53 black kernel: ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
Jan 22 13:30:53 black kernel: ata2: hard resetting link
Jan 22 13:30:58 black kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
Jan 22 13:31:01 black kernel: ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl F310)
Jan 22 13:31:01 black kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
Jan 22 13:31:01 black kernel: ata2: EH complete
Jan 22 13:32:00 black kernel: ata2: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x180000 action 0x6 frozen
Jan 22 13:32:00 black kernel: ata2: edma_err_cause=02000020 pp_flags=00000003, SError=00180000
Jan 22 13:32:00 black kernel: ata2: SError: { 10B8B Dispar }
Jan 22 13:32:00 black kernel: ata2: hard resetting link
Jan 22 13:32:05 black kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
Jan 22 13:32:08 black kernel: ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl F310)
Jan 22 13:32:08 black kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
Jan 22 13:32:08 black kernel: ata2: EH complete
Jan 22 13:33:23 black kernel: ata2: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x180000 action 0x6 frozen
Jan 22 13:33:23 black kernel: ata2: edma_err_cause=02000020 pp_flags=00000003, SError=00180000
Jan 22 13:33:23 black kernel: ata2: SError: { 10B8B Dispar }
Jan 22 13:33:23 black kernel: ata2: hard resetting link
Jan 22 13:33:28 black kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
Jan 22 13:33:31 black kernel: ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl F310)
Jan 22 13:33:31 black kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
Jan 22 13:33:31 black kernel: ata2: EH complete
Jan 22 13:34:41 black kernel: ata2: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x180000 action 0x6 frozen
Jan 22 13:34:41 black kernel: ata2: edma_err_cause=02000020 pp_flags=00000003, SError=00180000
Jan 22 13:34:41 black kernel: ata2: SError: { 10B8B Dispar }
Jan 22 13:34:41 black kernel: ata2: hard resetting link
Jan 22 13:34:47 black kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
Jan 22 13:34:50 black kernel: ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl F310)
Jan 22 13:34:50 black kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
Jan 22 13:34:50 black kernel: ata2: EH complete

I found the drive as errors , e2fsk  said “there are 17 inodes containing multiply-claimed  blocks”  and still waiting for it to complete ..  6 hours plus now.

So Chicken or the egg ? , is the constantly resetting making errors in the drive or the errors making it constantly reset ? 

peter a

[NewIT_Marcus]

Today while trying to move files from one drive to another , the one connected to the Esata port was constantly resetting , I`ve not had this problem before !!!

I found the drive as errors , e2fsk  said “there are 17 inodes containing multiply-claimed  blocks”  and still waiting for it to complete ..  6 hours plus now.

So Chicken or the egg ? , is the constantly resetting making errors in the drive or the errors making it constantly reset ? 

I discovered (the hard way) that a damaged eSATA lead was causing me problems with connecting to the eSATA drive. If your Sheevaplug can't establish a reliable connection to the hard drive, software isn't going to fix it. I'd advise you to try the drive on an other PC, try a different lead, and examine / clean the connections. At some point, hopefully, you'll get a clue as to where the real problem lies.

[peter a]

It`s a good quality enclosure, which until now has been pretty stable, But you could be right about the cable
( Not completely sure if I`m on the same cable ).
So far I`ve left e2fsk alone now for 22 hours and not sure if it is stuck or takes stupid amounts of time to fix . ( about 1.5 drive , but only a few files )
Soon I will try just moving all to data AGAIN back to another disk, and just reformat the drive .
Then I can see if I get the same problems on a error free drive .