From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265849AbUBCJj0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2004 04:39:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265977AbUBCJj0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2004 04:39:26 -0500 Received: from madrid10.amenworld.com ([62.193.203.32]:9226 "EHLO madrid10.amenworld.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265849AbUBCJjY (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2004 04:39:24 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:29:36 +0100 From: DervishD To: Dave Jones , Linux-kernel Subject: Re: Problem with IDE taskfile Message-ID: <20040203092936.GB3035@DervishD> References: <20040202120120.GC570@DervishD> <20040202202522.GA9503@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20040202202522.GA9503@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: Pleyades User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Dave :) * Dave Jones dixit: > > <28>Feb 2 12:18:41 kernel: hdb: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > > <28>Feb 2 12:18:41 kernel: hdb: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > > <30>Feb 2 12:18:41 kernel: hdb: 8420832 sectors (4311 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=524/255/63, UDMA(33) > 51/04 is the drive saying "I don't understand what you asked me to do". OK. The codes are very self-explanatory XDD Thanks for the explanation :) > Ie, a command that was added to a later revision of the ATA standard > than your drive conforms to. Judging by the size of the drive, > I'd guess it's quite old 8-) Not very old, but maybe from a 'difficult time' when the manufacturer switched from one standard to another. BTW, my entire Linux box with all my data, fills perfectly in 4GB ;)) Fortunately, with Linux, you don't need a monster HD for doing everyday job :) Y use a 40GB main disk drive to store a mirror for my favourite distros. Again, thanks a lot for your explanation :) Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado -- Linux Registered User 88736 http://www.pleyades.net & http://raul.pleyades.net/