On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:54:34 +0530 Vikram Goyal <vikigoyal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I am getting these messages with my new hard drive and it freeaez for > some time. Is it hardware or kernel related? > > Mar 26 21:42:48 mahashiv kernel: ata4.00: cmd 25/00:00:91:33:c9/00:02:16:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 262144 in > Mar 26 21:42:48 mahashiv kernel: res 40/00:01:01:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > Mar 26 21:42:48 mahashiv kernel: ata4.00: status: { DRDY } We got tired of waiting for the drive. That may indicate bad blocks so see what the SMART data says