Re: "hda : lost interrupt." Why do I get this?

[Phil Mendelsohn <phil@rephil.org>]

Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote:
> Hi 
>    Somewhere I heard that you get this message if you connect the hard drive 
> to the middle of the cable, leaving the end floating.  The electric wave may 
> become reflected in that way. Always connect the ends of the cables. Please 
> try to reconnect it if this is the case.

That may or may not be.  A drive failure (hardware) can also result in 
this error.  I have seen it on a laptop (intermittent, possibly heat 
related) and on a CD-ROM drive (which turned out to have been on its 
last legs.)

Check cabling, and/or try swapping the drive are reasonable troubleshooting.


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