Re: slow booting after installing new hdd

[Akira Kitada <aktdjp@ybb.ne.jp>]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 05:16:28PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 01:01:37AM +0900, Akira Kitada wrote:
> > Partition check:
> >  hda:<4>hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61
> > hda: error waiting for DMA
> > hda: dma timeout retry: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> > 
> > blk: queue c04102a0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
> >  hda1 hda2 hda3 <<4>hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61
> > hda: error waiting for DMA
> > hda: dma timeout retry: status=0x5a { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Index }
> > 
> >  hda5<4>hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61
> > hda: error waiting for DMA
> > hda: dma timeout retry: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> > 
> >  hda6<4>hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61
> > hda: error waiting for DMA
> > hda: dma timeout retry: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> >  hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 hda11 >
> >  hdb: hdb1 < hdb5 >
> 
> Using ``hdparm -d0'' to disable DMA will be a meantime workaround.  But
> not using DMA is slower than using it (when it works).  There is
> something like dma=off kernel parameter, can't remember exactly.

thanks. I didn't know that two. 
parameter that turn DMA off appear to be "ide=nodma"
according to this site.  
http://www.saschapfalz.de/a1tips.php?LANG=en

> Have you tried to fiddle with the drives physicaly 
> (swapping cables, putting on a different channel/controller)?

of course I did.
when new hdd is off, everything's right. 
I don't know why.

Thanks.