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------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-03-20 02:16 ------- Since I've made all the updates of cooker I get the same message when the system is checking the dependencies at boot up and also later while it is running. this is what dmesg gives out: ---------------------- dmesg ------------------------------- ... Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Additional sense indicates Medium not present sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 unable to read partition table kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,6), internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. MSDOS FS: IO charset iso8859-15 MSDOS FS: Using codepage 850 sis900.c: v1.08.06 9/24/2002 PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:04.0 eth0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 1. eth0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd400, IRQ 5, 00:0a:e6:57:2a:31. PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:09.0 3c59x: Donald Becker and others. www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html See Documentation/networking/vortex.txt 00:09.0: 3Com PCI 3c900 Boomerang 10Mbps Combo at 0xd000. Vers LK1.1.18-ac 00:10:4b:49:88:1c, IRQ 5 product code 4d50 rev 00.0 date 06-19-00 Internal config register is 10302d8, transceivers 0xe138. 8K word-wide RAM 3:5 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/10baseT interface. Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives. 00:09.0: scatter/gather enabled. h/w checksums disabled inserting floppy driver for 2.4.21-0.13mdkcustom Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:02.7 intel8x0: clocking to 48000 parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE] parport0: irq 7 detected lp0: using parport0 (polling). VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00 sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Additional sense indicates Medium not present sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. sda: Write Protect is off /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 1 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00 sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Additional sense indicates Medium not present sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. sda: Write Protect is off /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Additional sense indicates Medium not present sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. sda: Write Protect is off /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 unable to read partition table Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, UDMA(33) Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00 sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Additional sense indicates Medium not present sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. sda: Write Protect is off /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00 sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Additional sense indicates Medium not present sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. sda: Write Protect is off /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00 sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Additional sense indicates Medium not present sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. sda: Write Protect is off /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00 sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Additional sense indicates Medium not present sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. sda: Write Protect is off /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00 sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Additional sense indicates Medium not present sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. sda: Write Protect is off /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 VFS: Disk change detected on device 08:00 sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Additional sense indicates Medium not present sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. sda: Write Protect is off /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 ------------------------- dmesg end ----------------------------- --------------------- /var/log/messages ------------------------- ... Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: unable to read partition table Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,6), internal journal Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: MSDOS FS: IO charset iso8859-15 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: MSDOS FS: Using codepage 850 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: sis900.c: v1.08.06 9/24/2002 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:04.0 Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: eth0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 1. Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: eth0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 rc: Starting partmon: succeeded Mar 20 01:48:16 linux2 kernel: eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd400, IRQ 5, 00:0a:e6:57:2a:31. ..... ----------------------- end /var/log/messages ------------------------------ As I said, I encountered this problem only since I've updated the cooker edition to the latest version; bevore it was fine. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: If ACPI is enabled (i.e., "acpi=off" is *not* specified in the boot parameters) then the message "ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed." appears during boot up. System: Sony VAIO PCG-GRX670
