[PLUG] problem in hd or fs?

[Greg Lopp <lopp@fuse.net>]

Some second hand HW has come my way.  The original device
wouldn't boot any longer.  I've pulled out its harddrive, and I'm
currently running "e2fsck -c /dav/hda2" (from tomsrtbt) on it.
I've seen no small number of the following :

hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=XXXX, sector=YYYY
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:02, sector YYYY

XXXX and YYYY are different each time, the rest is the same.  I'm
not familiar with e2fsck and similar tools, but are these errors
caused by a bad hd or a bad fs?  ie do I have a paper weight or
can it be rectified?

I'm leaning towards paper weight, but hope for a second opinion.

greg


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