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From: David Ford <david+challenge-response@blue-labs.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SONY SMO-F551, non-functional for a loong time :)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:23:13 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <403947F1.7060108@blue-labs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1Av3Ek-0000G2-00@sledge.mossbank.org.uk>

Hmm.  I've since swapped that particular MO with another.  The hang on 
boot is back unless I set the speed down to 5M/s.  Still have problems 
reading/writing it so I'm trying a BusLogic adapter now.

Steve McIntyre wrote:

>David Ford writes:
>  
>
>>For the last couple of years, this MO drive (I have several) has been 
>>unusable.  It used to lock up the machine if I had a disc inside it when 
>>I booted, but that was late in 2.5, and now with 2.6.3, it no longer 
>>hangs the machine, however, it's still not usable.
>>
>>I'd love to get this bugger working, I used to use it a long long time 
>>ago in 2.4 kernels.  Any suggestions?
>>    
>>
>
>You've got hardware problems, either media or drive:
>
>  
>
>>sda: Unit Not Ready, sense:
>>Current : sense key Hardware Error
>>ASC=40 ASCQ=86
>>    
>>
>
>Key/code/qual 4/40/86 is (IIRC) Read Channel Calibration Failure,
>which means either the drive hardware is failing or (more likely) the
>disk loaded is buggered and the drive can't read it any more. Try
>another disk...
>
>  
>

      reply	other threads:[~2004-02-23  0:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-22 23:23 SONY SMO-F551, non-functional for a loong time :) David Ford
2004-02-22 23:42 ` Steve McIntyre
2004-02-23  0:23   ` David Ford [this message]

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