Re: wrt: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

["Peter" <sw98234@hotmail.com>]

On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:11:31 +0200, Rogier Wolff wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 04:12:52PM +0000, Peter wrote:
>> Diagnostics on the drives are fine. Removing the b drive removes the
>> messages. System functions fine anyway, and no data is lost as a result
>> of the errors. The persistence of it is frustrating!
> 
> What diagnostics did you try? 
> 
First badblocks, then Manufacturer's (Maxtor) overnight burn in tests.

> (I've got experience with a guy saying: "I have 5 which test perfect
> with my diagnostics, but my embedded machine refuses them. What's
> wrong?" All of them report through SMART that they HAVE reported media
> errors, and they all have bad blocks.)

I tried to be more careful before posting here :). I even ran a second
test on the drives on a second machine.
> 
> Do you have "smartd" running? I vaguely remember that it sometimes
> triggered error messages from the normal driver.
> 
No, but I think there is a driver issue such as VMW or the reiserfs.
Reiser even mentions this error on his faq suggesting it's a bad ide
cable. Of course, I changed mine (now testing #4). Of course, switching to
NO preempt has reduced the volume of errors greatly. Even last night
there were none for the time being.

thx.

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