After updating to Virtualbox-4.1.20, I get the following error on every VM after a while: VM runtime error: fatal=false, errorID=BLKCACHE_IOERR message="The I/O cache encountered an error while updating data in medium "ahci-0-0" (rc=VERR_DEV_IO_ERROR). Make sure there is enough free space on the disk and that the disk is working properly. Operation can be resumed afterwards" After that, the physical disk that holds all the virtualbox disks fails miserably, and I am getting the following errors: Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530572] res 40/00:1c:6a:99:65/00:00:1d:00:00/40 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error) Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530580] ata2.00: status: { DRDY } Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530586] ata2.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530600] ata2.00: cmd 61/10:d8:12:db:42/00:00:1d:00:00/40 tag 27 ncq 8192 out Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530605] res 40/00:1c:6a:99:65/00:00:1d:00:00/40 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error) Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530612] ata2.00: status: { DRDY } Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530629] ata2.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530641] ata2.00: cmd 61/10:e0:4a:e6:42/00:00:1d:00:00/40 tag 28 ncq 8192 out Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530649] res 40/00:1c:6a:99:65/00:00:1d:00:00/40 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error) Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530657] ata2.00: status: { DRDY } Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530663] ata2.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530681] ata2.00: cmd 61/10:e8:02:0c:43/00:00:1d:00:00/40 tag 29 ncq 8192 out Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530685] res 40/00:1c:6a:99:65/00:00:1d:00:00/40 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error) Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530692] ata2.00: status: { DRDY } Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530698] ata2.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530710] ata2.00: cmd 61/10:f0:aa:3e:43/00:00:1d:00:00/40 tag 30 ncq 8192 out Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530714] res 40/00:1c:6a:99:65/00:00:1d:00:00/40 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error) Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530722] ata2.00: status: { DRDY } Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.530730] ata2: hard resetting link Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.989442] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1038.991601] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002289] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002297] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] [descriptor] Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002304] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002308] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002322] 1d 65 99 6a Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002328] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: No additional sense information Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002334] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Write(10): 2a 00 1c fb 98 6a 00 01 08 00 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002347] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 486250602 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002354] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381959 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002361] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381960 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002366] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381961 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002370] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381962 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002374] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381963 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002378] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381964 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002382] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381965 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002386] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381966 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002390] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381967 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002394] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381968 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002398] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381969 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002402] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381970 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002406] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381971 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002411] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381972 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002415] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381973 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002419] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381974 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002423] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381975 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002427] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381976 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002431] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381977 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002435] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381978 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002439] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381979 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002443] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381980 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002447] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381981 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002451] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381982 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002455] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381983 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002459] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381984 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002463] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381985 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002467] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381986 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002471] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381987 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002476] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381988 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002480] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381989 Aug 26 16:44:35 helix kernel: [ 1039.002484] Buffer I/O error on device sdb3, logical block 22381990 However, this disk seems to work ok. e2fsck reported no problems, and another partition holds a Windows installation that works just fine. Moreover, downgrading back to 4.1.18 (host, vms are running either 4.1.20 or 4.1.18 guest additions) seems to solve the problem ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portage 2.1.11.11 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/developer, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.15-r2, 3.4.9-gentoo-helix x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.4.9-gentoo-helix-x86_64-AMD_FX-tm-6100_Six-Core_Processor-with-gentoo-2.2 Timestamp of tree: Unknown app-shells/bash: 4.2_p37 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3-r1 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.9 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.27.1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.10.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.11.6, 1.12.3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.22.90 sys-devel/gcc: 4.6.3, 4.7.1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.5 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r2 Repositories: gentoo hwoarang qt sunrise ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe" DISTDIR="/mnt/virtual/sources/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg collision-protect config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles multilib-strict news parallel-fetch parse-eapi-ebuild-head protect-owned sandbox sfperms sign split-elog splitdebug strict test-fail-continue unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" 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iconv id3tag imagemagick imlib ipv6 ipw4965 jpeg lcms libnotify libwww lm_sensors mad mime mmx mmxext mng modules mozilla mp3 mp4 mpeg mplayer mudflap multilib ncurses networkmanager nls nptl ntfs nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf php png policykit posix ppds pppd python qt3support qt4 rar readline reiserfs session simplexml smp sockets spell sqlite sqlite3 srt sse sse2 sse3 ssl ssse3 startup-notification subtitles svg symlink sysfs syslog tcpd threads tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb userlocales v4l v4l2 vorbis wxwidgets x264 xcb xft xine xml xmlreader xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="template" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en el" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19" SANE_BACKENDS="hp" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
Seems like this was a problem with the PSU but it's very weird that it was only triggered when using the new virtualbox. Closing as INVALID
