From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261276AbVGVMri (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2005 08:47:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261266AbVGVMrc (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2005 08:47:32 -0400 Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:2872 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261257AbVGVMrb (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2005 08:47:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:47:30 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: Alan Cox Cc: Jurriaan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: often ide errors on amd64 / A8N-SLI Message-ID: <20050722124730.GF20258@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <20050721172648.GA21124@amd64.of.nowhere> <1121974214.19424.22.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1121974214.19424.22.camel@localhost.localdomain> Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 08:30:13PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > There was corruption on the cable between the controller and drive. That > usually indicates a cable or noise problem in the PC but could indicate > mistuning of the interface. Make sure the IDE cable is > > > [controller]<---- long section ----->[slave]--short section-->[master] > > > as one common cause is having the cable the other way around. Another common cause is to have the master and slave swapped. The master should be at the end of the cable. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands