[geeks] eek2, debian

[Joshua D Boyd]

Just took a look at my dmesg:

hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=15402664,
sector=15402600
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:41 (hdb), sector 15402600
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=15402664,
sector=15402596
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:41 (hdb), sector 15402596
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=15402664,
sector=15402598
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:41 (hdb), sector 15402598
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=15402664,
sector=15402600
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:41 (hdb), sector 15402600


hdb1 is where /var is (well, hdb1 is /export2, which has /export2/var,
which /var is symlinked to).

The errors always seem to be on the same 3 sectors.  Err, well those
secors are the most common, but looking back through the rest of
/var/log/messages, I see it mentioning other sectors, though not as
commonly as those.

Does this mean failing harddrive?  Can I make it work around those
sectors in an attempt to make this keep working long enough to get a
replacement? 

Oh God, I feel sick.  As if I didn't have enough stress, this has to
happen now when I have no money and no time.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd