kernel errors

[Gilbert Sebenste]

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Gilbert Sebenste wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Tim wrote:
>
>> tbrowder:
>>>> ata5: error=0x04 { DriveStat ...:  1 Time(s)
>>>> ata5: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ...:  1 Time(s)
>>>> ata6: error=0x84 { DriveStat ...:  1 Time(s)
>>>> ata6: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ...:  1 Time(s)
>> 
>> On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 16:20 -0500, Thad Nielsen wrote:
>>> System is having difficulty reading the drive.  If it is a CD or DVD
>>> drive, is there a good, readable disc in it?  If it is a hard drive,
>>> it is time to try fsck.  Good luck!
>
> OK. If I do e2fsck -cvfy, it says that because the drive is mounted, I could 
> cause damage. Fine. I umount -a it, then try again, and...
> it still says this. This is done after I type "shutdown now", whereby it 
> blows me to runlevel 1. Suggestions?

If I don't want to do this using a rescue disk, is there another way I can 
unmount the drives?

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