Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!arisia!cdp!steve From: steve@cdp.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: Device errors Message-ID: <654400002@cdp> Date: 5 Dec 89 18:21:00 GMT References: <5609@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #R:uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu:5609:cdp:654400002:000:342 Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!steve Dec 5 10:21:00 1989 > *** DEVICE ERROR: Uncorrectable data error in sector *** > *** Controller 0 (Primary AT Hard Disk), Disk 0 Absolute Sector # nnnnnn I have seen this one both on ESDI and SCSI disks when there definitely is no hard sector error. Rebooting usually solves the problem. Steve Fram Community Data Processing {hplabs, pyramid, ...}!cdp!steve