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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Device errors
Message-ID: <1989Dec7.190957.5768@virtech.uucp>
Date: 7 Dec 89 19:09:57 GMT
References: <5609@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <654400002@cdp>
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In article <654400002@cdp>, steve@cdp.UUCP writes:
> 
> > *** 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.

I used to get this kind of error every time I touched my old Bell Tech 386. It
seems that the disk controller was especially suseptable to static electricity.

This wasn't too bad until I up graded to release 3.2 when the hd device driver
began automatically re-mapping bad sectors and my root fs would get totaly
trashed.

luckily I upgraded to 386/ix and a new machine.
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