OS Error on Boot

[Wade Smart]

Wade Smart wrote:
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>
>>     You should run from your login to the point you get to:
>>
>> $ fsck /dev/sdb6
>>
>> This will correct any errors it can and either end normally, or it will
>> tell you where your hard disk is bad.
>>
>>
>> 73 Karl
> 
> 20090708 1604 GMT-5
> 
> I ran the command, it exited and the computer rebooted.
> Im back at my mail client typing this instead of webmail but, everything 
> is running very slow. Apps open very slow. Clicking on a email takes a 
> while for it to show on the screen.
> 
> Looking at the syslog there is the last thing written:
> 
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.937290] ata2.00: status: { DRDY 
> ERR }
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.937292] ata2.00: error: { UNC }
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953856] ata2.00: configured for 
> UDMA/100
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953880] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 
> Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953884] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense 
> Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor]
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953890] Descriptor sense data 
> with sense descriptors (in hex):
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953892]         72 03 11 04 00 
> 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953901]         08 7a bd 66
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953905] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. 
> Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953911] end_request: I/O error, 
> dev sdb, sector 142261606
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.953934] ata2: EH complete
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.954451] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 
> 398297088 512-byte hardware sectors (203928 MB)
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.956329] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
> Protect is off
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.956333] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode 
> Sense: 00 3a 00 00
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.958282] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
> cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.958701] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 
> 398297088 512-byte hardware sectors (203928 MB)
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.958977] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
> Protect is off
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.958980] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode 
> Sense: 00 3a 00 00
> Jul  8 16:04:16 wadesmart kernel: [ 2753.959393] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
> cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> 
> 
> 

20090708 1652 GMT-5

On top of the above Im getting slower and slower response from my system 
and this is in the syslog:

Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.891052] ata2.00: status: { DRDY 
ERR }
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.891054] ata2.00: error: { UNC }
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart dovecot: IMAP(wadesmart): copy: 
i_stream_read() failed: Input/output error
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908249] ata2.00: configured for 
UDMA/100
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908278] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 
Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908282] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense 
Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor]
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908287] Descriptor sense data 
with sense descriptors (in hex):
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908290]         72 03 11 04 00 
00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908299]         08 7a bd 66
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908303] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. 
Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908308] end_request: I/O error, 
dev sdb, sector 142261606
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.908334] ata2: EH complete
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.910284] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 
398297088 512-byte hardware sectors (203928 MB)
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.910963] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
Protect is off
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.910969] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode 
Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.950204] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.950594] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 
398297088 512-byte hardware sectors (203928 MB)
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.950896] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
Protect is off
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.950901] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode 
Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Jul  8 16:50:18 wadesmart kernel: [  552.952520] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write 
cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA


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