Disk Problems? Help!

From: Chander Ganesan <C_at_Asu.Edu>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 12:04:31 -0700 (MST)

Hello...
        I've got what seems to be an odd problem to me. Yesterday, my
messages log started filling up with the errors listed below. I assumed
that the problem was related to my external 2 gig disk, as it was
constantly working away, even when the system was idle.

        Anyways, I attempted to shut down the system, no dice. The
console said that it was shutting down to single user, but X was still on
the screen, and as far as I could tell the display manager was still
running. Eventually I got fed up with it and did the one thing I never
do...I shut off the machine.(ouch, please don't yell at me...I tried
*everything* sensible before doing so) .

        Anyways, I took it down, recycled the power and now everthing
seems to be working fine...no problems since. Should I be expecting this
disk to take a dump on me (ie. should I pursue buying another) or is this
some strange problem that I'll only see once and is indicative of a OS
programmer with a crude sense of humor?

Responses, as always, will be summarized....

-- 
Chander Ganesan
Information Technology
Arizona State University
C_at_asu.edu
Dec  4 18:16:47 Hornet vmunix: Defering I/O (errno 5) for block(0xab920,
0xab920
) on device 8,3079
Dec  4 18:16:49 Hornet vmunix: Defering I/O (errno -1) for block(0xab920,
0xab92
0) on device 8,3079
Dec  4 18:16:51 Hornet vmunix: Defering I/O (errno -1) for block(0x6490,
0x6490)
 on device 8,3079
Dec  4 18:16:54 Hornet vmunix: Defering I/O (errno -1) for block(0x6490,
0x6490)
 on device 8,3079
Dec  4 18:16:54 Hornet vmunix: Defering I/O (errno 5) for block(0x6490,
0x6490) 
on device 8,3079
Dec  4 18:17:00 Hornet vmunix: Defering I/O (errno 5) for block(0xab920,
0xab920
) on device 8,3079
Dec  4 18:17:02 Hornet vmunix: Defering I/O (errno 5) for block(0x96a0,
0x96a0) 
on device 8,3079
Dec  4 18:17:04 Hornet vmunix: Defering I/O (errno 5) for block(0x1c350,
0x1c350
) on device 8,3079
Dec  4 18:17:06 Hornet vmunix: Defering I/O (errno 5) for block(0x44af0,
0x44af0
) on device 8,3079

Received on Thu Dec 05 1996 - 20:35:13 NZDT