Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:40:00 -0400 > Jim Dever <jdever@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> 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 > > No. Its nothing to do with that. The hardware is doing something very > strange and enough to confuse the newer driver layer. > Oops... sorry.. it was just an assumption. I guess I assumed wrong. I hate to be stupid but... where do I start to look for resolution or who do I grab to help me out with this? My hardware is a Dell Dimension 8200 (almost 7 years old now). After the error message it boots fine and everything seems to work. It's just the 30sec+ delay that annoys me. -- Jim OpenPGP KeyID: 0x006921e Keyserver: ldap://keyserver.pgp.com
