DriveReady SeekComplete Error

amigliora · Post by **amigliora** » 2009/07/27 14:17:04

Hola,
I'm new with Centos, I installed successfully an updated Centos 5.3.
However I'm receiving the following error in the terminal and I just wonder if this is a configuration issue from my side.
This is the error I'm reeiving
hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: drive_cmd: error=0x4 { AbortedCommand }
ide: failed opcode was: 0xec

Please I will appreciate any help or clue on how to resolve this error.

Thanks

pschaff · Post by **pschaff** » 2009/07/29 15:53:38

What is /dev/hda? Hard disk? CD/DVD? If a hard disk then check the SMART status if it is capable. You may have a hardware problem. The following man pages may be useful.[code]
smartctl (8) - Control and Monitor Utility for SMART Disks
smartd (8) - SMART Disk Monitoring Daemon
smartd.conf [smartd] (5) - SMART Disk Monitoring Daemon Configuration File
smartmontools (rpm) - Tools for monitoring SMART capable hard disks
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amigliora · Post by **amigliora** » 2009/08/01 22:39:25

Hi,
thanks for your reply.
Sorry I missed one important comment here (I guess)
I have my Centos installed in a Vmware virtual machine under a new mac mini.
So, I am no expecting (I hope) a HDD hardware issue.

It is running not in graphic mode but I can start gnome any time if this is required.
The type of hdd in vmware is IDE, if that helps.

Do I need this smart function running? or is something I can remove, how should I do that?

thanks again

pschaff · Post by **pschaff** » 2009/08/03 15:14:16

Yes - running in a VM is an important point, so please ignore everything I said earlier. If things are working OK I would just ignore the error. If /dev/hda maps to a CD/DVD device disabling it in the VMware configuration might help.

As far as the "smart" service, it is not relevant on a VM and can be disabled doing "chkconfig smart off" as root.

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