Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 20:08:58
Message-Id: 201005292208.17119.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet? by Alan McKinnon
1 On Samstag 29 Mai 2010, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:16:39 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 > > On Samstag 29 Mai 2010, Andrea Conti wrote:
4 > > > > ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA
5 > > > > ata1.00: cmd c8/00:80:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 65536 in
6 > > > >
7 > > > > res 51/84:4f:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus
8 > > > > error)
9 > > > >
10 > > > > ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
11 > > > > ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }
12 > > > > ata1: soft resetting link
13 > > > > ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33
14 > > > > ata1: EH complete
15 > > > > ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
16 > > >
17 > > > I think you have driver issues. Might also be the cabling, but I doubt
18 > > > it as faulty SATA cables are in my experience quite rare.
19 > >
20 > > in my experience they are everything but rare. I had several defective
21 > > cables - myself and friends of mine.
22 >
23 > I find SATA connectors are what gives trouble. All fixed nicely with a dab
24 > of hot glue, but I ask, why should that be necessary?
25
26 a spec made to guarantee early hardware death - to keep sales up.