-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks to Fourat Zouari, who got the same notebook as i, i was able to solve the timeout problem by appending "noapic acpi=off" to my kernel boot command. Additionaly, i tested 2.6.17-rc4-git2 with the great update patch and apic and acpi turned on. It seems that sata_sil error handling works. At least dmesg contained messages about libata error handling ("EH" lines). Since a notebook without acpi isn't quite usable, i would be happy if someone could point me to a site where i can get further help to investigate the acpi issue. Best Regards, Martin Ammermüller -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEdIPrFjFZ/qjkvZARAmWqAJ9HpAX3KYXYXtY93Rv+ixoKQwgopACff6sR BWnADQihiO8n4E5css+ymE0= =ArDN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----