[ILUG] Newbie seeks help interpreting /var/log messages

[Ciaran Mulloy]

Thanks for your suggestion DoC, I am a little puzzled as I only recently 
installed this item:

/dev/hdc on /media/dvdrecorder type subfs 
(ro,nosuid,nodev,fs=cdfss,procuid,iocharset=utf8)

It can't have developed a fault already?

Ciaran

On Tuesday 19 October 2004 13:33, Dave O Connor wrote:
> Ciaran Mulloy said on Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 01:29:03PM +0100:
> > Hi,
> > I am running Suse 9.1 professional at home.
> > I was surprised when I checked out some of my log files (in part prompted
> > by other posts on this formum) to find large compressed files (13MB
> > uncompressed) with the following lines:
> >
> > Oct 12 04:22:50 dhcppc1 kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
> > Oct 12 04:22:51 dhcppc1 kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51
> > { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > Oct 12 04:22:51 dhcppc1 kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
> > Oct 12 04:22:52 dhcppc1 kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51
> > { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > Oct 12 04:22:52 dhcppc1 kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
> > Oct 12 04:22:53 dhcppc1 kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51
> > { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > Oct 12 04:22:53 dhcppc1 kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
> >
> > My question: has this to do with some form of kernel panic? Or is it
> > something to do with some of the things Suse 9.1 loads up which slows
> > down the system eg suseplugger
>
> Nope, it means you should replace hdc, because some day, hdc won't be
> around any more. And that someday is soon.
>
>     - DoC

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