Re: Hard drive errors in kernel output

[Dave Thayer <dave@thayer-boyle.com>]

On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 12:36:31PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I enabled DMA in my kernel (w/ the VIA82xxxx support), and now it works (my
> hard drive writes are about six times faster), but now I get weird errors in
> the kernel output:
> 
> Partition check:
>  hda:hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>  hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>  hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>  hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>  hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>  hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>  hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>  hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>  hdb: DMA disabled
>  ide0: reset: success
>   
[...]

I was getting those when I was using an old tower-type case which
required the use of a long IDE cable. I switched to a smaller case and
shorter cables and that cured it. 

HTH

your pal dave

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Dave Thayer
Denver, Colorado USA
dave@thayer-boyle.com