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Jeff G:
ATA tradition - whenever something strange happens try a Soft Reset before retrying the command. It should be noted in this discussion that I assume we are only talking about PATA. SATA is a different interface that does not
What you describe for PATA is usually OK for SATA as well, for device errors.
My only worry with SRST is the potential for stupid ATA devices losing unflushed cache data.
Ouch. Have you seen that? I had only seen the pin 1 hardware RESET- do that.
Pat LaVarre
