On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:48:42 -0600, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 07:06 -0500, Paul Tomblin wrote:
> > Ok, it appears that I'm getting more errors on my second IDE
> > controller, even though the problematic /dev/hdc4 wasn't mounted.
> > /dev/hdc1 was mounted, and it was ok earlier. But around 2:00, I
> > suddenly started to get
> >
> > Nov 15 02:05:26 allhats kernel: hdc: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61
> > Nov 15 02:05:36 allhats kernel: hdc: DMA timeout error
> > Nov 15 02:05:36 allhats kernel: hdc: dma timeout error: status=0xd0 { Busy }
> > Nov 15 02:05:36 allhats kernel:
> Uh? You say it has worked for 2 years.
>
> Is it even remotely possible that the controller or drive may be
> failing??
I just booted into Fedora Core 3 in single user mode without smp, and
tried to access the hdc drive and it froze up. Then I booted the
system into Mandrake Move (which has a 2.4 kernel) and was able to
access my files on hdc with no problems.
I'd say it's a pretty sure bet that the problem is with Fedora Core 3
or the 2.6 kernel.
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