[ale] uh...huston we have i/o problems

[m at wroth.com (michael mcdermott)]

anyone know how to fix this:

hda: read_intr:status=0x59 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error}
hda: read_intr:error=-x40 {UncorrectableError}, LBAsect=7878181, sector=180230
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00, sector 180230
Error reading block 90115 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in
short read) while reading inode and block bitmaps.

I am getting hundreds of them.

I have done everything I can think of short of low level formatting (which I
cannot do/figure out how to do) to get rid of these, I am getting hundreds of
them.
fsck cant fix them (thats the output above) 
Its starting to irritate me, I even backuped up a clone of the machine 
mkfsed the partition and restore it and I still get those damned errors. I can't
boot normally like this and its getting pretty bad.


I have had this since I had to stop short because a damned festiva cut me off
and the laptop hit the floor. 

anyone got any ideas? If I have to lowlevel the thing to get rid of it, I am
going to send the laptop in to have the drive replaced under warranty after a
backup, this is not a happy thing. the last time I did this they didnt
reassemble the computer correctly and the keyboard still isn't attached
correctly.



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Of course the void is nothinginess. By knowing things that exist,
you can know that which does not exist. That is the void. 
                          -Shinmem Musashi, The Book of the Void.