10.1 install disk problem

Hello all,
I have a few questions at the end of this post but first a rant of what a problem that I went through and later solved.
[rant] I have an iMac 400 with 10.1.5 installed on it. I was interested in purchasing Panther but am low on hard drive space. I wanted to see how much space I would get back when I deleted 10.1 so I put in the 10.1 disk to see how much space it takes.
I found out how much space 10.1 took, quit the installation procedings, and looked for a way to boot back to my HDD. What I was expecting was something easy like the 'startup disk' control panel under 9.x, maybe something even better because this was 'The most advanced OS in the world' when it was released.
Guess what, I found nothing! So I hit the 'restart' button and it starts back off the cd! Now I'm mad, so I force restart and it starts back off the cd! It won't let the cd go, I am ready to through the machine out the window. It seems the only way to get the cd out is to reinstall.
What makes matters worse is this is a slot-loading iMac, so I can't just hit a button and have the cd pop out apon a restart. I then remembered a little trick to get the cd out. I restarted and then stuck a qtip in the hole on the right side of the slot and the cd ejects.
What I went through was so UN-Apple like. What would happen if I had computer problems and wanted to use the cd to repair them?[/rant]
so my questions are...
1. Under the 10.1 cd booted, is it possible to tell it to boot from the HD without reinstalling (like under OS 9 startup disk control panel), and how?
2. If 10.1 lacked this feature, do future versions of OS X have it?
iMac DV 400 Mac OS X (10.1.x)

1. Under the 10.1 cd booted, is it possible to tell it to boot from the HD without reinstalling (like under OS 9 startup disk control panel), and how?
With the installer loaded select Startup Disk from the installer's Installer menu. Alternatively restart the computer and hold the OPTION key down until the boot manager screen appears. Select the icon for the desired startup volume, then click on the large right arrow button. Alternatively restart the computer and press and hold the "X" key down until the computer starts up in OS X.
Note that none of the above will work if your OS X system is corrupted.
Normally, if you restart the computer and hold down the mouse button, the CD will eject from the optical drive. The technique you used is not "UN-Apple" like. It is, in fact, included in the User Manual as well as online Help for ejecting a CD that is stuck in the optical drive.

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[102884.889930] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
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[102885.860957] systemd-journald[28919]: File /var/log/journal/b130c96d1371445d9ddeb40c51c77dd6/system.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
[102921.797810] systemd-journald[28919]: File /var/log/journal/b130c96d1371445d9ddeb40c51c77dd6/user-1000.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
[104179.117363] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
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[104179.117377] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[104179.117381] ata1: hard resetting link
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[104189.149114] ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[104189.149121] ata1: hard resetting link
[104189.469276] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
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[104189.952989] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[104189.953004] ata1: EH complete
[104508.223792] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
[104508.223798] ata1.00: failed command: SMART
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res 40/00:ff:80:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[104508.223806] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[104508.223810] ata1: hard resetting link
[104509.984601] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
[104510.698126] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
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abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:30:68:dd:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 6 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:38:90:de:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 7 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:ff:80:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:40:b8:df:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 8 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:48:90:e1:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 9 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:50:98:e3:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 10 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:58:c0:e4:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 11 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/c8:78:28:b9:2a/0b:00:4e:00:00/40 tag 15 ncq 1544192 out
res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:80:b0:4b:c0/00:00:4f:00:00/40 tag 16 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:ff:80:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/10:88:90:4b:80/00:00:50:00:00/40 tag 17 ncq 8192 out
res 40/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:90:98:22:81/00:00:50:00:00/40 tag 18 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:98:00:0e:00/00:00:5f:00:00/40 tag 19 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:a0:00:08:80/00:00:5f:00:00/40 tag 20 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:ff:ff:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:a8:80:08:80/00:00:5f:00:00/40 tag 21 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/10:b0:08:0b:81/00:00:5f:00:00/40 tag 22 ncq 8192 out
res 40/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:b8:70:c8:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 23 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:c0:20:c9:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 24 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:c8:88:c9:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 25 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:d0:58:ca:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 26 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:d8:a0:ce:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 27 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:e0:68:d3:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 28 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:e8:90:d4:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 29 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:f0:b8:d5:75/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 30 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
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abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] UNKNOWN Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x06
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 12 88 d7 c0 00 04 d0 00
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 310958016
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: EXT4-fs warning (device sda2): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 36311758 (offset 8388608 size 2695168 starting block 38869906)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 19995128
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 19995129
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 19995130
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 19995131
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 19995132
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 19995133
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 19995134
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 19995135
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 19995136
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 19995137
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] UNKNOWN Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x06
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 4b dd 39 88 00 01 78 00
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1272789384
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: EXT4-fs warning (device sda2): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 34999445 (offset 0 size 192512 starting block 159098720)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] UNKNOWN Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x06
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 4e 2a b3 e8 00 05 40 00
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1311421416
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: EXT4-fs warning (device sda2): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 35001016 (offset 0 size 2232320 starting block 163927845)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: EH complete
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: failed command: CHECK POWER MODE
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: cmd e5/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 25
res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
abr 22 12:57:11 echoes kernel: ata1: EH complete
Current smart status:
smartctl 6.3 2014-07-26 r3976 [x86_64-linux-4.0.1-1-ARCH] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-14, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Toshiba 2.5" HDD MQ01ABD...
Device Model: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
Serial Number: Y44MT611T
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 5e1a80e85
Firmware Version: AX1P5E
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Sun May 3 16:42:06 2015 ART
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 120) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 234) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 100 100 001 Pre-fail Always - 1671
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 306
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 152
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 699
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 106 100 030 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 300
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 216
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 14
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 14140
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 34 (Min/Max 16/44)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 19
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
220 Disk_Shift 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
222 Loaded_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 515
223 Load_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
224 Load_Friction 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
226 Load-in_Time 0x0026 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 190
240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0001 100 100 001 Pre-fail Offline - 0
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Vendor (0x50) Completed without error 00% 611 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 611 -
# 3 Short offline Completed without error 00% 597 -
# 4 Vendor (0x50) Completed without error 00% 583 -
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 583 -
# 6 Vendor (0x50) Completed without error 00% 575 -
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 575 -
# 8 Short offline Completed without error 00% 547 -
# 9 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 529 -
#10 Short offline Completed without error 00% 355 -
#11 Short offline Completed without error 00% 355 -
#12 Extended offline Aborted by host 70% 355 -
#13 Short offline Completed without error 00% 319 -
#14 Vendor (0x50) Completed without error 00% 13 -
#15 Short offline Completed without error 00% 13 -
#16 Short offline Completed without error 00% 12 -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
Kernels used have been from 3.9 to current: Linux echoes 4.0.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 29 12:00:26 CEST 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Last edited by jesu (2015-05-03 19:42:53)

Something i'd noticed both the first time i was on arch and now i've reinstalled it, was that at first i didn't have this problem. I mean, when Arch was just installed. While i was installing and setting up everything.
Now, i'm not 100% sure about this, but i think problems began when using my current user. Disk is partitioned the following way:
$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 931,5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 1000M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 260M 0 part /boot
├─sda3 8:3 0 207,7G 0 part
├─sda4 8:4 0 25G 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 14,8G 0 part
├─sda6 8:6 0 80,5G 0 part /
├─sda8 8:8 0 599G 0 part /home
└─sda9 8:9 0 2G 0 part [SWAP]
So, i believe problems, for some reason, are related (and were related), both before and now, to the /home partition, /dev/sda8 in this ocassion.
Because of this, i booted into systemd rescue mode, like root, rw, and unmounted /home partition. Despite root-only limitations, i used the system for a couple of hours, started lxqt, browsed the web mainly, and experienced no problem at all.
Now i booted normally, with my regular user, and these problems are experienced just like before (and almost instantly, like 3 or 5 minutes after starting system use).
dmesg this time showed a some different log, though it's not the first time i see this. I just didn't saved that kind of log before.
[ 653.821719] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x100 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
[ 653.821726] ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[ 653.821732] ata1.00: cmd 60/08:40:60:25:43/00:00:1b:00:00/40 tag 8 ncq 4096 in
res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 653.821735] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 653.821739] ata1: hard resetting link
[ 659.156760] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 663.851604] ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 663.851610] ata1: hard resetting link
[ 669.186591] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 673.881456] ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 673.881462] ata1: hard resetting link
[ 679.216481] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 702.743982] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
[ 703.012578] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 703.012584] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 703.012599] ata1: EH complete
[ 714.097642] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service watchdog timeout (limit 1min)!
[ 742.443488] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#18 UNKNOWN(0x2003) Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x06
[ 742.443494] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#18 CDB: opcode=0x2a 2a 00 28 c3 c6 40 00 00 10 00
[ 742.443497] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 683918912
[ 742.443503] EXT4-fs warning (device sda8): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 20322020 (offset 0 size 0 starting block 85489866)
[ 742.443506] Buffer I/O error on device sda8, logical block 9323208
[ 742.443508] Buffer I/O error on device sda8, logical block 9323209
[ 742.443515] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#19 UNKNOWN(0x2003) Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x06
[ 742.443518] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#19 CDB: opcode=0x2a 2a 00 28 c3 c6 80 00 00 10 00
[ 742.443520] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 683918976
[ 742.443522] EXT4-fs warning (device sda8): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 20322020 (offset 0 size 0 starting block 85489874)
[ 742.443524] Buffer I/O error on device sda8, logical block 9323216
[ 742.443526] Buffer I/O error on device sda8, logical block 9323217
[ 742.443531] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#20 UNKNOWN(0x2003) Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x06
[ 742.443534] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#20 CDB: opcode=0x2a 2a 00 28 c3 c6 d0 00 00 10 00
[ 742.443536] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 683919056
[ 742.443538] EXT4-fs warning (device sda8): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 20322020 (offset 0 size 0 starting block 85489884)
[ 742.443540] Buffer I/O error on device sda8, logical block 9323226
[ 742.443542] Buffer I/O error on device sda8, logical block 9323227
[ 742.443547] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#21 UNKNOWN(0x2003) Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x06
[ 742.443549] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#21 CDB: opcode=0x2a 2a 00 28 c3 c7 10 00 00 10 00
[ 742.443551] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 683919120
[ 742.443553] EXT4-fs warning (device sda8): ext4_end_bio:317: I/O error -5 writing to inode 20322020 (offset 0 size 0 starting block 85489892)
[ 742.443555] Buffer I/O error on device sda8, logical block 9323234
[ 742.443557] Buffer I/O error on device sda8, logical block 9323235
[ 756.187685] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
[ 756.187986] systemd[1]: Unit systemd-journald.service entered failed state.
[ 756.188116] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service failed.
[ 756.188474] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service has no holdoff time, scheduling restart.
[ 756.189106] systemd[1]: Stopping Flush Journal to Persistent Storage...
[ 756.189143] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Audit Socket.
[ 756.189801] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[ 757.525493] systemd-coredump[1038]: Detected coredump of the journal daemon itself, diverted to /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.systemd-journal.0.b8610e85f9074a418534aaee0adbac56.141.1430763073000000.lz4.
[ 758.133944] systemd-journald[1050]: File /var/log/journal/f646626ba4b647f48501020bf12ca33b/system.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
[ 758.503041] systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
[ 759.180771] systemd-journald[1050]: File /var/log/journal/f646626ba4b647f48501020bf12ca33b/user-1000.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
[ 974.867721] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x3f80 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
[ 974.867732] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 974.867742] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:38:68:d3:c5/00:00:1a:00:00/40 tag 7 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 974.867747] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 974.867751] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 974.867759] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:40:88:d3:c5/00:00:1a:00:00/40 tag 8 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 974.867763] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 974.867767] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 974.867774] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:48:a0:d3:c5/00:00:1a:00:00/40 tag 9 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 974.867778] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 974.867781] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 974.867789] ata1.00: cmd 61/20:50:c0:d3:c5/00:00:1a:00:00/40 tag 10 ncq 16384 out
res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 974.867793] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 974.867796] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 974.867803] ata1.00: cmd 61/10:58:f0:d3:c5/00:00:1a:00:00/40 tag 11 ncq 8192 out
res 40/00:01:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 974.867807] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 974.867810] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 974.867817] ata1.00: cmd 61/08:60:10:d4:c5/00:00:1a:00:00/40 tag 12 ncq 4096 out
res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 974.867821] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 974.867824] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
[ 974.867831] ata1.00: cmd 61/18:68:28:d4:c5/00:00:1a:00:00/40 tag 13 ncq 12288 out
res 40/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 974.867835] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 974.867841] ata1: hard resetting link
[ 980.202774] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 984.900902] ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 984.900908] ata1: hard resetting link
[ 990.236024] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 994.930829] ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 994.930836] ata1: hard resetting link
[ 996.798104] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
[ 997.014012] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 997.014020] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 997.014023] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 997.014025] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 997.014026] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 997.014028] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 997.014030] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 997.014031] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 997.014065] ata1: EH complete
There are some sda8 (home) related messages. I also found these messages first time Arch was installed (i think also related to home partition).
root and home partitions are both ext4.

Can't startup from OS9 retail install disk on iMac G3 DV

Hi All,
I'm trying to bring my old iMac DV (slot load) back to life and am having a problem trying to install OS9 from the retail install disk (I don't have the original disks that came with the system). Hardware-wise, all is ok with the iMac. However, when I try to start the system from the OS9 install CD (by holding down C during startup) the machine refuses to start from the CD. The disk is is good shape and I am able to startup from CD if I use any of my OSX install disks, but I can't get it to start for the OS9 install disk. As I said, it is the retail version of OS9 so I don't know if that has something to do with it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks - Josh

Hi, Josh -
An iMac DV (Slot Loading) model originally came with OS 8.6, which means that it should be able to use any version retail OS 9 Install CD (white label with gold 9).
Since it boots okay to an OSX install disk, that the machine's firmware has almost certainly been updated, and that the optical drive is okay. Nonetheless, I would suggest using an audio CD cleaning disk in the drive to clean its lenses.
That pretty much leaves the OS 9 Install CD as the problem. Check it carefully - unlike audio disks, the Mac is far more fussy about a data disk such as an install CD. Make sure there are no scratches, no smudges or dirt on it at all.

Cannot boot either from install disk or hard drive

I have done a number of searches, and I have not found a problem precisely like the one I am encountering.
Earlier today, my MacBook (running Leopard 10.5.3) failed to wake properly from sleep. After I attempted to reboot the machine using the power button, I encountered a black box with the following message: "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button."
I have tried all of the usual fixes (e.g., zapping PRAM, removing all power sources, holding down the shift key), and nothing has worked. What puzzles me most of all is that, although the DVD drive is clearly working, I am unable to boot from the install disk.
I would add that, when I old down the option (Alt) key while booting, I am able to see all three of the available options for rebooting. This seems to suggest that the computer is still able to detect my hard drive as well as my DVD drive. Why, then, does nothing allow me to get past the black box with its cryptic (and rather unhelpful) message?
Out of desperation, I unsuccessfully tried to use the option of rebooting from my boot camp partition. I then received a message that might provide a clue. "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: system 32\hal.dll" Does this suggest anything to anyone?
If I continue to be unable to get past the black screen over the course of the weekend, I will take my computer in for service on Monday. But it would be nice to come up with some sort of solution before then.

Let me add a quick update to my original posting.
I finally managed to run Apple's hardware tests on my machine. According to the tests, there is absolutely nothing wrong with my hardware. But the fact remains that I still cannot manage to boot into OSX--even using my original installation disk.
As I mentioned in my original post, I am able to get part way into the version of Windows XP that is installed on my boot camp partition. However, I am a little nervous about pursuing the possibility of repairing my XP installation. I am afraid that, by doing this, I may inadvertently damage my OSX partition.
Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. In particular, I would like to know whether there is perhaps some secret way of forcing a MacBook to boot from the installation disk. Is there anything that one can do when holding down the "C" key does not work?

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