On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:12, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> Someone with more knowledge about these things please tell me if I'm
> looking at a failing drive, or something else. SMART hasn't reported
> anything on the drive (in fact, it thinks the drive is in perfect health
> when I do a manual check.)
>
> ----------
> May 27 17:09:54 int-avalon kernel: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status ==
> 0x20
> May 27 17:09:54 int-avalon syslogd: /var/log/messages: Read-only file
> system
> May 27 17:09:54 int-avalon kernel: hda: DMA timeout retry
> May 27 17:09:54 int-avalon kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> May 27 17:09:54 int-avalon kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 {
> Busy }
You might try replacing the cable. I've a seen a few bad ones
and the 100-133Mhz interfaces are kind of picky about them.
--
Les Mikesell
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