EXT3-fs error

[Eric Lacombe <tuxiko@free.fr>]

Hi,

Recently, my computer freezes a lot, and I noted the problems below. I wonder 
if my hard disk is going die.
Can someone confirm or infirm my suspicion?

Notes:
- I run a 2.6.26.2 kernel
- After the last entry in the log (captured from a ssh connexion) my computer 
froze after ~1 minute. Thereafter I had to run fsck manually and the FS has 
been repaired.

Thanks in advance,

Regards,

	Eric

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Aug 21 03:29:11 hoth EXT3-fs error (device sdb3) in ext3_reserve_inode_write: 
IO failure
Aug 21 03:29:27 hoth attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 21 03:29:27 hoth sdb3: rw=1, want=9223372036891258616, limit=51199155
Aug 21 03:29:27 hoth Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 
1152921504611407326
Aug 21 03:29:27 hoth lost page write due to I/O error on sdb3
Aug 21 03:29:29 hoth attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 21 03:29:29 hoth sdb3: rw=1, want=9223372036861435904, limit=51199155
Aug 21 03:29:29 hoth Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 
1152921504607679487
Aug 21 03:29:29 hoth lost page write due to I/O error on sdb3
Aug 21 03:29:29 hoth attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 21 03:29:29 hoth sdb3: rw=1, want=9223372036861547048, limit=51199155
Aug 21 03:29:29 hoth Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 
1152921504607693380
Aug 21 03:29:29 hoth lost page write due to I/O error on sdb3
Aug 21 03:29:29 hoth attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 21 03:29:29 hoth sdb3: rw=1, want=9223372036861572888, limit=51199155
Aug 21 03:29:29 hoth Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 
1152921504607696610
Aug 21 03:29:29 hoth lost page write due to I/O error on sdb3
Aug 21 03:29:30 hoth attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 21 03:29:30 hoth sdb3: rw=1, want=9223372036861709648, limit=51199155
Aug 21 03:29:30 hoth Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 
1152921504607713705
Aug 21 03:29:30 hoth lost page write due to I/O error on sdb3
Aug 21 03:29:32 hoth attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 21 03:29:32 hoth sdb3: rw=1, want=9223372036870258504, limit=51199155
Aug 21 03:29:32 hoth Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 
1152921504608782312
Aug 21 03:29:32 hoth lost page write due to I/O error on sdb3
Aug 21 03:29:32 hoth attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 21 03:29:32 hoth sdb3: rw=1, want=9223372036870344016, limit=51199155
Aug 21 03:29:32 hoth Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 
1152921504608793001
Aug 21 03:29:32 hoth lost page write due to I/O error on sdb3
Aug 21 03:29:36 hoth attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 21 03:29:36 hoth sdb3: rw=1, want=9223372036865888112, limit=51199155
Aug 21 03:29:36 hoth Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 
1152921504608236013
Aug 21 03:29:36 hoth lost page write due to I/O error on sdb3
Aug 21 03:29:41 hoth attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 21 03:29:41 hoth sdb3: rw=1, want=9223372036871715240, limit=51199155
Aug 21 03:29:41 hoth Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 
1152921504608964404
Aug 21 03:29:41 hoth lost page write due to I/O error on sdb3
Aug 21 03:29:42 hoth attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 21 03:29:42 hoth sdb3: rw=1, want=9223372036889223112, limit=51199155
Aug 21 03:29:42 hoth Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 
1152921504611152888
Aug 21 03:29:42 hoth lost page write due to I/O error on sdb3
Aug 21 03:29:42 hoth attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 21 03:29:42 hoth sdb3: rw=1, want=9223372036890192904, limit=51199155
Aug 21 03:29:42 hoth Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 
1152921504611274112
Aug 21 03:29:42 hoth lost page write due to I/O error on sdb3
Aug 21 03:29:43 hoth attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 21 03:29:43 hoth sdb3: rw=1, want=9223372036889927584, limit=51199155
Aug 21 03:29:43 hoth Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 
1152921504611240947
Aug 21 03:29:43 hoth lost page write due to I/O error on sdb3

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