From: Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@oracle.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Ion Badulescu <ionut@moisil.cs.columbia.edu>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 10:01:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ACC2642.45CFD374@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E14kybO-0003Bk-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Sorry for the null message, fingers slipped :(
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
> > is about the most ominous message one can receive from the IDE driver:
> >
> > 1. it's not in English, so it doesn't tell you jack
>
> It tells you the chipset doesnt support an IDE dma timeout handling function
> (ie all it can do is reset and retry)
>
> > 2. it's usually a sign of "mkfs + reinstall needed"
>
> Not in my experience. Its just a drive throwing a fit.
>
Indeed, I hit this regularly on my Samsung CD-ROM on my Dell laptop.
Everything locks up for a few seconds, then the ATAPI reset kicks
in and all works again. The CD drive is a piece of crud.
--alessandro <alessandro.suardi@oracle.com> <asuardi@uninetcom.it>
Linux: kernel 2.2.19/2.4.3p8 glibc-2.2 gcc-2.96-69 binutils-2.11.90.0.1
Oracle: Oracle8i 8.1.7.0.1 Enterprise Edition for Linux
motto: Tell the truth, there's less to remember.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-04-05 8:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-04 18:43 linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk Frank Cornelis
2001-04-04 19:00 ` Alan Cox
2001-04-05 1:10 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-04-05 1:30 ` Alan Cox
2001-04-05 7:59 ` Alessandro Suardi
2001-04-05 8:01 ` Alessandro Suardi [this message]
2001-04-04 19:21 ` Brian Gerst
2001-04-04 19:30 ` Richard B. Johnson
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-04-07 4:30 Andre Hedrick
2001-04-07 5:24 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-04-07 5:37 ` Andre Hedrick
2001-04-07 5:46 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-04-07 5:50 ` Andre Hedrick
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