From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752057AbXDUTpI (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:45:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752055AbXDUTpH (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:45:07 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([65.172.181.25]:37568 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752057AbXDUTpG (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:45:06 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:43:45 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: "Sunil Naidu" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Greg KH" , stable@kernel.org, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.20.7 - Hard Disk rumbling? Message-Id: <20070421124345.1f9b63fa.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <8355959a0704210658j3b54a8cfl8a8a73661cd50c9d@mail.gmail.com> References: <8355959a0704210658j3b54a8cfl8a8a73661cd50c9d@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:28:30 +0530 "Sunil Naidu" wrote: > Hello, > > I am facing a strange problems with an old 1.2 GHz P-III machine with > a 10 GB disk (used as a dedicated web server, later retired out of > service!). > > Out of interest to implement some wireless solution (experiment), I > did compile 2.6.20.7 for my requirement. Strangely, I did observe:- > > hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0 > > What might be the problem? > So the machine is OK with an earlier kernel version? If so, which version? Please send the full log from attempting to boot 2.6.20.7 on that machine. This might require netconsole or serial console. Thanks.