Alan Cox wrote: >>>> ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0xd0) >>>> ata2: soft resetting port >>>> ata2.01: failed to IDENTIFY (device reports illegal type, err_mask=0x0) >>>> ata2.01: revalidation failed (errno=-22) > > On reset your hardware isn't reporting a consistent type which is > confusing the kernel trying to identify what it is. > True. This is because support for Onstream (a company now bankrupt) tape drive was removed from the latest kernel. I'd be happy if I could just prevent the kernel from trying to identify it. If there is any way to do that I would be grateful. My system is dual boot and I do use the drive under Windows from time to time. -- Jim OpenPGP KeyID: 0x006921e Keyserver: ldap://keyserver.pgp.com
