From: Bob PuffNLE (PuffNLE)
Date: Thu Jul 31 2003 - 15:12:59 CDT

• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

You're using a WD drive. Mistake #1. There are issues with WD drives and linux. I've learned the
hard way - ,had problems with every single WD drive over 4 gigs.

And yes, its about to die. Try running the WD diag program, and see if it can "fix" it.

Bob

Mario R. Pizzolanti wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm having a very slow boot and seeing this:
>
> Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta-2.4
> ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override
> with idebus=xx
> PIIX3: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:07.1
> PIIX3: chipset revision 0
> PIIX3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0xe800-0xe807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA,
> hdb:pio
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0xe808-0xe80f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio,
> hdd:pio
> hda: WDC AC34000L, ATA DISK drive
> blk: queue c07cd8a0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> Error }
> hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
> hda: 7814016 sectors (4001 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=969/128/63,
> (U)DMA
> Partition check:
> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0:<4>hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma
> status == 0x21
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> hda: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting
> hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> DataRequest }
>
> hda: drive not ready for command
> hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> hda: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting
> hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> DataRequest }
>
> hda: drive not ready for command
> hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> hda: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting
> hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> DataRequest }
>
> hda: drive not ready for command
> p1 p2 <<4>hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> hda: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting
> hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> DataRequest }
>
> hda: drive not ready for command
> p5 p6 p7 p8 >
>
> After this point, it boots normally.
> Any ideas as to what might be the problem? Is the HDD about to die? I
> don't recall having this problem earlier... But I could be wrong, since
> I hadn't restarted the system in a LONG time...
>
> Thanx in advance for any pointers,
> Mario
>
> .
>

• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]