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Matthias Langer wrote: |
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> Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: |
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>> On Saturday 08 October 2005 04:15, Matthias Langer wrote: |
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>>> I just bought myself a new harddrive. While everything seems to work |
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>>> fine so far, I recognized these messages from dmesg: |
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>>> hdd: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } |
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>>> hdd: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } |
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>>> |
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>>> I'm using vanilla-sources-2.6.12.5. |
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>>> |
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>>> Here are some other parts from dmesg, which are included to describe |
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>>> the |
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>>> relevant hardware in detail: |
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>>> |
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>>> SiI680: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:09.0 |
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>>> .... |
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>>> SiI680: chipset revision 1 |
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>>> SiI680: BASE CLOCK == 133 |
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>>> SiI680: 100% native mode on irq 10 |
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>>> ide0: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio |
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>>> ide1: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio |
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>>> ... |
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>>> Probing IDE interface ide1... |
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>>> hdc: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive |
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>>> hdd: Maxtor 6L250R0, ATA DISK drive |
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>>> hdd: max request size: 64KiB |
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>>> hdd: 490234752 sectors (251000 MB) w/16384KiB Cache, CHS=30515/255/63, |
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>>> UDMA(133) |
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>>> hdd: cache flushes supported |
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>>> |
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>>> Finally, this is what i get from hdparm -i /dev/hdd: |
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>>> |
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>>> Model=Maxtor 6L250R0, FwRev=BAH41G10, SerialNo=L59CY5SH |
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>>> Config={ Fixed } |
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>>> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57 |
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>>> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 |
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>>> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455 |
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>>> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} |
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>>> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 |
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>>> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 |
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>>> UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 udma6 |
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>>> AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled |
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>>> Drive conforms to: (null): |
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>>> |
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>>> Maybe someone can give me a hint what might be wrong with my |
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>>> configuration. |
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>>> |
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>> first off all, you should never mix ata and atapi devices (harddisks |
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>> and opticals) on one channel. That is known for making problems. |
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>> Your error message could be have two origins: your cable is defective |
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>> or not properly seated (easy to check), or your harddisk is on its |
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>> way to the great vendor in the sky. |
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>> Get a different cable. Connect the drive with this new cable. ONLY |
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>> connect the drive, not the burner. Does the error still occurs? Bring |
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>> back the harddisk, where you bought it. |
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> Well, I tried to connect the drive to another cable with success. |
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> However, with this cable, which seemed to be an older one, the drive |
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> was restricted to UDMA(33). |
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> My theory about these messages now is the following: |
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> The HD I'm talking about is not directly connected to the ide-cable, |
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> but via a rather old 'HD-Box'. Thus I have: |
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> Controller->Modern IDE-Cable->HD-Box->Old IDE-Cable->HD. |
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> I think that the 'Old IDE-Cable' part is causing the troubles. However |
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> I can't verify that without rearranging a bulk of ide-drives. |
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> I'll buy myself a new box and tell you about the results. |
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Well, it was as I expected. After switching to an UDMA(133) compatible |
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mobile rack the error messages are gone. |
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> Thanks for your hints, Matthias |
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