SCSI error on write

[Basil Chupin]

On 12/03/12 21:46, Thufir Hawat wrote:
> I'm getting an inordinate number of errors of this type.  Because it says
> SCSI, and based on google searches, I'm thinking this is hardware
> problem  -- possibly a bad data cable.  Could it be software?
>
> gnomebaker output (good for one month):
> http://pastebin.mozilla.org/1515313
>
>
> thufir at tleilax:~$
> thufir at tleilax:~$ sudo lshw -class disk
> [sudo] password for thufir:
>    *-disk:0
>         description: ATA Disk
>         product: WDC WD800BB-22JH
>         vendor: Western Digital
>         physical id: 0
>         bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0
>         logical name: /dev/sda
>         version: 05.0
>         serial: WD-WCAM9J961250
>         size: 74GiB (80GB)
>         capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
>         configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000b4a4f
>    *-disk:1
>         description: ATA Disk
>         product: Maxtor 2F030L0
>         vendor: Maxtor
>         physical id: 1
>         bus info: scsi at 0:0.1.0
>         logical name: /dev/sdb
>         version: VAM5
>         serial: F18LX14E
>         size: 28GiB (30GB)
>         capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
>         configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000b9e47
>    *-cdrom:0
>         description: SCSI CD-ROM
>         physical id: 2
>         bus info: scsi at 1:0.0.0
>         logical name: /dev/cdrom1
>         logical name: /dev/scd0
>         logical name: /dev/sr0
>         capabilities: audio
>         configuration: status=nodisc
>    *-cdrom:1
>         description: CD-R/CD-RW writer
>         physical id: 3
>         bus info: scsi at 1:0.1.0
>         logical name: /dev/cdrom
>         logical name: /dev/cdrw
>         logical name: /dev/scd1
>         logical name: /dev/sr1
>         capabilities: audio cd-r cd-rw
>         configuration: status=open
> thufir at tleilax:~$
> thufir at tleilax:~$
>
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Thufir

Why do you think that these are errors?

The use of hda, hdb, hdc etc has been dropped some time ago and devices 
are now labelled  sda, sdb, sdc, sdd etc which stand for SCSI. And in 
the case of CDROMs and DVDRW they are are labelled sro, sr1.

BC

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