I am kind of catching up on old email so I do not know if this problem got resolved but go into your BIOS and set the IDE controller to PIO Mode 3 or LOWER and it will work. This is a problem with some UDMA drives. I used to get them all the time ... constantly as a matter of fact until I turned off DMA and set PIO-3 on those interfaces. Newer kernels have better IDE drivers, BTW.
On 28-Sep-99 Stephen R. Gore wrote: > B. Szyszka wrote: >> > > Well I can't afford to just go out and get a new harddrive, especially >> > > since >> > > the two that I have no have more than enough space. Is there a way to >> > > run a check on the harddrive that could prove whether or not the >> > > harddrive >> > > itself is the problem? >> > The surest test would be to use it with another motherboard for a while. >> >> Like I said, I can't afford to just go out and buy a new piece of hardware >> as >> I see fit. These things cost money. Are you tell me there's no way for me >> to check what hardware Linux might be having a problem with? >> > ---end quoted text--- > > The way to check is to: > 1) Read the documentation and HOWTOs in the kernel source. > or > 2) Reference your hardware (drive and chipset) in your questions, > and see if someone has had experience with them (likely). > > Personally, I find it difficult to troubleshoot problems when the only > data I'm given is "These things cost money". Give us something to work > with. > > -- > Regards, > Steve > > Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, > useful, technically accurate, and friendly. > Reboots are for kernel and hardware upgrades. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null ---------------------------------- E-Mail: George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 30-Sep-99 Time: 01:26:20 This message was sent by XFMail ----------------------------------