From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: SonyDVD Writer errors on boot - gets disabled finally Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:36:11 +0200 Message-ID: <48B8095B.6070909@kernel.org> References: <1ebb7e770807111919u47bef978m702a043267eabd65@mail.gmail.com> <1ebb7e770807111921x2fbfb68fge108adbd066531@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:42910 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751025AbYH2OhU (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:37:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1ebb7e770807111921x2fbfb68fge108adbd066531@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Vaibhav Kalia Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Vaibhav Kalia wrote: > hi > i am facing this problem on my OpenSuse11, Ubuntu 8 installation on my > system (however the same system with windows xp works fine) > I am attaching a boot.msg and pasting the part of error here! > The hardware is: > One HDD IDE 80gb > One SATA 300GB > One SATA 250GB > Sony IDE DVD Writer > > Sometimes it works fine.. but on an average out of 10 boots,7 times it > generates an exception.. and 3 times works fine... Does kernel parameter "libata.force=2.00:udma25" makes any difference? If it doesn't work, how about "libata.force=2.00:pio4"? -- tejun