Visit the website of the drive manufacturer and get the bootable diagnostics from them, that will let you check your drive. as for the card i think its less a failure and more of a compatibility bug. you can also you the HDD utilities to wipe the drive and try rebuilding again. On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Alex Dean wrote: > > On Jul 16, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: > >> Alex Dean wrote: >>> >>> On Jul 16, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: >>> >>>> I'd look into the controller. The Promise PCI SATA cards are known to be >>>> problematic with linux. I don't know the details, but have seen 2 of >>>> them have problems with software raid at least. The problem can be very >>>> sporadic, so it seems to fit your symptoms. Google for the details. >>>> >>>> Please let me know if/when you find a PCI/SATA card that works! >>> >>> I followed the emails about problems with Promise controllers a few >>> months ago.  I'd planned to buy a Promise card up to that point, but >>> went with a SYBA card w/ a SIL3112 chipset, since it seemed to be better >>> supported / less buggy in linux. >>> >>> This is the one I have: >>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815124006 >>> >>> alex >>> >> >> Hmmm. I'm betting it's a hardware issue of some sort. Is it always the >> sda drive that drops out? > > Yes, at the moment 3 of the 4 sda partitions are failed.  By hardware, do > you mean the disk or the controller?  Any idea why this would start > occurring after a power loss? > > It's not much money to replace the controller.  The disk also wouldn't be > too bad, and probably is in warranty.  But I'd like to actually verify it's > bad before going down that road. > > If there are no other good PCI SATA cards out there, I'd need a new > motherboard or new machine, since PCI is all I have in this computer.  (It's > rather old...  perfect for the job I've given it.) > > Can anyone read anything more from the syslog entries and other info I > posted in my original message? > > alex > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss