I am getting frequent error messages that look as if they are coming from smartd.
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hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0
Google searches point to smartd spitting these messages out when querying the BIOS and not understanding the reply it gets back. (See
THIS THREAD for an explanation of the error msg from Alan Cox.) According to the logwatch, I'm getting the exact same amount of these messages per day (558), and it does not seem to be degrading the server performance, at least noticeably, but it is an annoyance when this error pops up every 3 minutes.
My mobo is fairly old, a Tyan Thunder K7X, the v4.06 BIOS is from 2003 and I cannot locate anything about SMART on any changeable option. Any info or pointers would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that turning smartd off does not make the error go away.