On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 16:40 +0200, Filipe Garrett wrote: > Hi all, > > I've recently installed Linux Fedora Core 7 onto a Pentium III 800Mhz computer. > Everything went OK but when I boot a message appeared going something like: > > ata1.01: Exception Emask 0x0 > BDMA stat 0x64 > > Googled it up but found nothing conclusive. Could it be a hard drive problem? It > would be strange since there's no SMART warnings and this computer used to have > WinXP and no disk problem ever ocurred. > > 'dmesg' output attached. > > thanks in adv > FG I can't find this error in your dmesg listing. -- ======================================================================= It took 300 years to build and by the time it was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But by then the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it has cost a fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are at present no plans to replace it, since it was never really needed in the first place. I expect every installation has its own pet software which is analogous to the above. -- K.E. Iverson, on the Leaning Tower of Pisa ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx